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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by Propelloni on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:33AM (#37762011)
From the main page of [1]

> Every year, we support and sponsor programs that nurture diverse communities and their projects. Our programs include:

* A Fellowship and Teaching Fellowship Program that funds exploratory, creative, and technical research

* An Advocacy Program that partners with organizations for projects

* Public events that provide platforms for collaboration between our contributors, such as panels and talks that spread the word about the need for equity in these fields

* Summer programs to support emerging coders throughout the world

[1] https://processingfoundation.org/

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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by LunaSea on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:18AM (#37764054)
The usual racket
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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by cbhl on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @12:39PM (#37767782)
I'm under the impression that a 501c3 _can't_ spend its money on developers working on FOSS while being 100% tax deductible because of the US tax code; makes one wonder whether it would be worthwhile to lobby/organize to get that changed.
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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by 15457345234 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:21PM (#37773853)
Can you elaborate as to how you arrived at that conclusion?
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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by john-radio on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @10:36PM (#37774295)
Naively, because it might help more pro-social and FOSS software get made?
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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by 15457345234 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @10:58PM (#37774449)
Thats... what? Is that a reply to my comment or just markov chaining?
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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by ravi-delia on Thursday October 05, 2023 @07:39PM (#37785597)
They believed you were asking why they thought it might be useful to lobby for a change in regulations, not why they thought there was a regulation in the first place
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Re:Ben Fry Resigns from the Processing Foundation by 15457345234 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @09:07PM (#37786146)
Odd
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