[ubuntu-uk] Introductions and Init script bug query

[Mark Harrison]

christopher chatfield wrote:
> This is such a good community I wonder whether it
> qualifies for charitable status? It may help with fundraising
> particularly for any legal challenges.
>   

I believe that it's generally regarded that having a multi-millionaire 
sugardaddy [1] trumps charitable status :-)

As a more serious point, there are significant restrictions on the 
"political activities" that a charity can undertake. I know that many 
members of the Ubuntu community would stray into areas classed as 
political lobbying in some of the things that we are trying to 
accomplish, for example efforts to ensure that the European Patent 
system does not expand in scope.

Regards,

Mark



[1] I suspect that sugardaddy isn't quite the right word - maybe we 
should have another naming competition to find a better one :-)