Gentoo Linux becomes an SPI Associated Project

The Gentoo Linux project has announced that it is now an Associated Project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI), which will allow it to accept tax deductible donations in the US and reduce its "non-technical workload":

The current Gentoo Foundation has bylaws restricting its behavior to that of a non-profit, is a recognized non-profit only in New Mexico, but a for-profit entity at the US federal level. A direct conversion to a federally recognized non-profit would be unlikely to succeed without significant effort and cost.

[...] SPI is already now recognized at US federal level as a full-[fledged] non-profit 501(c)(3). It also handles several projects of similar type and size (e.g., Arch and Debian) and as such has exactly the experience and background that Gentoo needs.

According to the announcement, the goal is to "eventually transfer the existing assets to SPI and dissolve the Gentoo Foundation". How to do that is still under discussion. This will not affect Förderverein Gentoo e.V., which has public-benefit status in Germany and can accept tax deductible donations in Europe.

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