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Re:Google is now a Visionary Sponsor of the Python Software ... by jl6 on Saturday February 13, 2021 @07:46AM (#26123301)
Kudos for a creative approach.

It is 100% correct that bigcorps find it much easier to make purchases than donations. One-off charges are also much easier to sell than subscriptions as they get treated as depreciable capex and are less vulnerable to being optimized away by future cost-saving initiatives.

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Re:Google is now a Visionary Sponsor of the Python Software ... by sokoloff on Saturday February 13, 2021 @09:14AM (#26123692)
I agree with it being easier, but I din’t think that a contribution of this form would be accounted for as a capital expense. It would a one-time operating expense if not a donation.
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