[Ardour-Users] Could this solve Ardour's financial headache?

[Patrick Shirkey]

Thomas Vecchione wrote:
> Its not that it will never be that way.  It is that it is a legal mess 
> to deal with, and would take a bit or work and dedication, and like 
> many things the more work spent on it, the less spent on Ardour.  So 
> it isn't that it can't happen in the future, but that a good 
> motivation would be needed I think.
>
> I am not Paul however(obviously) so this is my own opinion.
>
>        Seablade
>
> Who for similar reasons hasn't gone through the mess of creating an 
> LLC for his work yet even though he should.

Setting up an LLC is substantially easier than a 501(c). FYI, in NZ it 
requires a bank account, an office address, and about $200. It can be 
done in a couple of hours online if the above is in place.

>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Patrick Shirkey 
> <pshirkey at boosthardware.com <mailto:pshirkey at boosthardware.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dewey Smolka wrote:
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>         Thanks for the patience, you guys. I appreciate anyone who's waded
>         through all of this.
>
>         Also, please let me know if Ardour.org has US 501(c)3 status.
>         If so, I
>         believe I can get a company matching gift. Presumably this is
>         also the
>         case for a healthy number of Ardour users.
>
>     Currently Ardour does not. IIUC the general consensus is that it
>     will never be that way. I know that Paul has oft considered it and
>     for various reasons has always declined to go down that path.
>
>
>
>     Cheers.
>
>     -- 
>     Patrick Shirkey
>     Boost Hardware Ltd.
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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.