FAQ Category: The Freespire Community
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How is the Freespire community organized?
Every organization or community needs strong and active leadership to function effectively. Freespire's leadership is organized into three boards:
Freespire's Leadership Board is composed of thinkers, business people, evangelists, and key members of the Linux community. This group helps direct the vision and goals of the Freespire project and oversees the other two boards. Think of this board as Freespire's conscious and ethical compass, whose mandate is making sure Freespire remains true to its vision and objectives . The Community and Technology Boards provide more specific leadership and direction in their respective areas. For more information on these boards, as well as how participation on these boards is established, visit the Community Leadership area.
If I make a donation, what is the money used for?
There are three ways donated funds to the Freespire project are used:
- Distribution (Bandwidth, CD's, etc.).
- Fund open source projects used by Freespire (Firefox, OpenOffice, Nvu, etc.).
- Education (spread the word about open source, desktop Linux and Freespire).
Is my donation tax deductible?
No. Not at the present time. It is simply too costly and paperwork intensive to set up a non-profit organization at this time. This could change in the future, but for the time being, donated funds are earmarked for Freespire work (as mentioned in the last question), but are not tax deductible.
