<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv1803454856"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814548"><span id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814581">Thanks for your answer. <br></span><span></span></div><div id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_1324548378145108"><span id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814581">A good example of what you say is the Blender Foundation</span><span id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814581">, that sells training material at</span></div><div id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_1324548378145123"><span id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814581">http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/</span><span id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814581"><br><br>Most if not all the training material included on the Blender DVDs and books are
released under a copyleft CC license and with no DRM controls.<br></span></div><div id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_1324548378145138"><span id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814581">We aim for the very same model; the material would be released under a CC license and people would get sth. in return of their monetary support.<br>Our first training material would be a selection of very good scenes rendered with our render engine, with tutorials and making-off stuff.<br><br>Shoul I formally add my proposal to a board meeting agenda? how? What should I do to give our proposal some traction apart from posting on the mailing lists?<br>Thank you for your help<br><br></span></div><div><br id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814551"></div> <div class="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814554" id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814556" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div
id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_1324548378145144" class="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_132454837814561" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <font id="yiv1803454856yui_3_2_0_15_1324548378145143" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De:</span></b> Jimmy Kaplowitz <jimmy@spi-inc.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Para:</span></b> Alvaro Luna Bautista <alvarolunab@yahoo.es> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">CC:</span></b> "spi-board@lists.spi-inc.org" <spi-board@lists.spi-inc.org>; "spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org" <spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Enviado:</span></b> martes 20 de diciembre
de 2011 21:25<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Asunto:</span></b> Re: associated projects selling training material<br> </font> <br>Hi Alvaro,<br><br>On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 09:57:03AM +0000, Alvaro Luna Bautista wrote:<br>> However, the fact is that donations does not work for us. it is more dificult<br>> for desktop software to get support from the big guys. <br>[...]<br>> Selling training material would be an option for us. We are not sure whether<br>> is going to work but at least we would like to try.<br><br>Contrary to some assumptions people make, I don't think it would jeopardise our<br>tax status to sell YafaRay training materials. It's educational and can clearly<br>fall within SPI's approved exempt purposes. Many US nonprofits with the same<br>status do sell products, including the Free Software Foundation. We may,<br>however, have to do things like collect and remit sales tax at least for buyers<br>in certain US states
where we have sufficient ties.<br><br>We should consult our already-very-busy lawyers to learn what we'd need to do,<br>but there is probably a way it could be arranged if the requirements don't make<br>excessive demands on our limited manpower, or if more volunteers arose to<br>handle some of the increased workload (hint hint).<br><br>SPI does not directly use PayPal due to various concerns, but it's possible one<br>of our merchant accounts could be leveraged for processing sales without us<br>needing to handle credit card data directly. Michael as treasurer would have<br>the best thoughts on the mechanics of that.<br><br>- Jimmy Kaplowitz<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jimmy@spi-inc.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:jimmy@spi-inc.org">jimmy@spi-inc.org</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>