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Software in the Public Interest, Inc. http://www.spi-inc.org/
Non-Profit status approved for SPI
June 2, 1999
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>> News
The Internal Revenue Service of the US has just determined that
under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code SPI qualifies
for 501 (c) (3) (non-profit organization) status under section 509
(a) (1) and 170 (b) (1) (A) (vi). This means that all deductions
made to SPI and its supported projects are tax deductible for the
donor.
Further information on this status will be available on the SPI
web pages shortly, and can also be found on the IRS web pages at
<http://www.irs.gov>. More
information about exempt organizations can be found at <http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/bus_info/eo/index.html>.
>> About SPI
SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help
organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. We
encourage programmers to use the GNU General Public License or
other licenses that allow free redistribution and use of software,
and hardware developers to distribute documentation that will allow
device drivers to be written for their product.
Open Source is a Registered Certification Mark of SPI.
Debian is a registered Trademark of SPI.
>> Contact Information
For further information, please send email to press@spi-inc.org
or visit the Software in the Public Interest, Inc. homepage at
<http://www.spi-inc.org/>.
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Nils Lohner Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
E-Mail: lohner@spi-inc.org PO Box 1326
Press Contact <press@spi-inc.org> Boston, Ma. 02117 USA