Jim Henderson wrote:
> There's no guarantee he'd need to pay income tax on it.  I don't know 
> what the tax law is in Australia, but here in the US, you can register as 
> a nonprofit organization.  I suspect you can in Australia as well.

That's probably pretty expensive right there. :-)

> But if the contributions are low enough, they're not taxable anyways.  I 
> know this is the case in the US - income < $600 doesn't have to be 
> reported (I collected about $50 last year in book royalties).

Note that "doesn't need to be reported" != "not taxable".

> Financing development isn't really the issue, I think.  It's that Saul 
> would like to give back in some way.  I think the sentiment is a good one 
> with any "free" development effort.

A fund to help pay hosting fees, or against rainy days like the server 
dying, would seem to be reasonable.  I don't know that there's any 
reasonable way to split up donations directly to the contributors.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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