| From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org |
| Cc: | faw(at)debian(dot)org, Ian Jackson <ijackson(at)chiark(dot)greenend(dot)org(dot)uk> |
| Subject: | Re: ASL/SPI partnership |
| Date: | 2007-01-30 17:06:18 |
| Message-ID: | 200701300906.18998.josh@agliodbs.com |
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Jimmy,
> Even businesses which are not legal entities, like sole proprietorships
> and presumably unincorporated nonprofit associations such as Debian,
> should still do some form of accounting to keep track of the finances. I
> agree ASL should also record on its books money that it holds in trust
> for Debian, but there's no way Debian as a whole can get a proper
> picture of its income/loss, balance sheet, cash flow, and net worth
> across all its affiliated legal entities unless Debian keeps a set of
> books for itself. Isn't there even someone delegated by the DPL as an
> accountant for this purpose?
Surely you know better ;-)
Anyway, there may actually be legal consequences to Debian keeping "books"; we
should check with Greg.
--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco
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