[NBLUG/talk] An "Open Source Tax Credit" report - useful?

[Brad Morrison]

Hey Derek,

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.

Brad

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> Hey Brad,
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> Sounds interesting!  Would you be willing to do an informal short talk
> at the May meeting?
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> - Derek
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> On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:27:12 -0700, Brad Morrison
> <bradmorrison at sonic.net>  wrote:
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>> 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"
>> (https://www.americanprogress.org/article/an-open-source-tax-credit/)
>> 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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