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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hey Derek, <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Sure, I could go over
the report and some of the ideas on how to incentivize more open
source development from individual developers through a tool
like an open source tax credit. The report made some interesting
assumptions and I would like to find out how those play out in
our group. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Brad</font><br>
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Hey Brad,
Sounds interesting! Would you be willing to do an informal short talk
at the May meeting?
- Derek
On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:27:12 -0700, Brad Morrison
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi NBLUG,
I started a new job at a local tax and wealth management firm in
February and now that tax season is over I had the time to poke
around the internet and try to learn more about what open source
accounting software there is. While doing that I stumbled upon the
2006 report "An Open Source Tax Credit"
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/an-open-source-tax-credit/">https://www.americanprogress.org/article/an-open-source-tax-credit/</a>)
about how developing an open source tax credit for developers who are
not self employed, but still contribute to open source projects would
be beneficial. Currently, self employed individuals and corporations
may already take a deduction for their development expenses related
to open source development, but this proposal would apply to other
contributors that are not in that position.
I'm curious if this would help out anyone in NBLUG with their various
contributions to open source projects - ? How helpful would this
incentive be to open source projects and the open source community?
Honestly, I am not even sure how many members NBLUG has overall, how
many of those contribute to open source projects, how many are not
self employed, etc. much less how much of a difference this would
make to national or international projects. But anything that could
incentivize more open source development is exciting in my book.
Any commentary/insights/thoughts are welcome!
Brad
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