Tiemann: Open Source Incentives [LWN.net]

Tiemann: Open Source Incentives

Posted Jul 3, 2009 20:11 UTC (Fri) by zooko (subscriber, #2589)
In reply to: Tiemann: Open Source Incentives by stijn
Parent article: Tiemann: Open Source Incentives

http://zooko.com/log-2002-11.html#d2002-11-12-bmgf

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Is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation a charity?
2002-11-12

Yesterday I was delighted to see that Bill Gates is donating $100 million U.S. to fight AIDS in India.
The fact that the donation came as part of a coordinated effort to dissuade the Indian government
from its plan to adopt Linux gave me some qualms, but I was still happy to see that much money
directed to fight the plague that threatens to cripple India.

Today I was extremely disappointed to learn that it wasn't Bill Gates who donated the money, nor
was it Microsoft, but it was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. I had thought that the B&MG
Foundation was a charity ...
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Tiemann: Open Source Incentives

Posted Jul 6, 2009 13:46 UTC (Mon) by pboddie (guest, #50784) [Link]

Is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation a charity?

It's like finding out that the services of Robin Hood can only be booked through the Sheriff of Nottingham's office of taxation. Expect the fawning media to focus on the hand doing the giving, not the one doing the taking.