e.V. means "registered organisation"

Posted Sep 16, 2004 18:44 UTC (Thu) by ber (subscriber, #2142)
In reply to: What is KDE e.V. for? by kogerler
Parent article: What is KDE e.V. for?

e.V. standing for "eingetragener Verein" means "registered organisation".
Such an organisation can gain tax-except status (called "gemeinnützig"
for their donations. Then they are a non-profit in that they are
not allowed to make profit.