Episode 0x13: Torts and 1023s

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x13_Torts-and-1023s.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x13_Torts-and-1023s.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p>Karen and Bradley discuss the USAmerican legal system in regard to torts, and the current delays from the USA IRS on 501(c)(3) non-profit applications (i.e., Form 1023s).</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:48)</h4> <ul> <li>Billy Crook wrote in to make a good joke about 0x12 being the last episode available in other RSS feeds. (Don't forget the right RSS feed is at <a href="http://faif.us">faif.us</a>.)</li> <li>Karen calls <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torte">tortes <q>delicious pastries</q></a>. <li>Bradley saw a <a href="http://hotcoffeethemovie.com/">documentary called <cite>Hot Coffee</cite></a>, which discussed the idea of <a href="http://www.tortdeform.com/">tort deform</a>. (03:35, 05:45)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned that <a href="http://www.open.salon.com/blog/mahabarbara/2009/03/20/tort_reform_how_karl_rove_isnt_done_with_us_yet">Karl Rove, George W. Bush's political operative, was involved in early tort &ldquo;reform&rdquo;</a>. (06:54)</li> <li>Brendan Scott is a lawyer in Australia, who has <a href="http://www.opensourcelaw.biz/publications/">published about GPL enforcement</a> and <a href="http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/">writes a blog</a> about legal issues related to Open Source and Free Software (11:58)</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 1 (12:50)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley talked about 501(c)(3) status and Form 1023s in <a href="http://twit.tv/floss171">his interview on <cite>FLOSS weekly</cite></a>. (13:50)</li> <li>Around 2010, applications for Free Software non-profits' 501(c)(3) status started to be delayed, according to independent evidence that Karen and Bradley have collected from the IRS and the community of non-profits. (16:20)</li> <li><a href="http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=130101,00.html">Form 1023s are the applications</a> you file with the IRS (17:15)</li> <li>As far as we know, no applications have been refused yet for a Free Software non-profit, but there seem to be extremely long delays. (18:40)</li> <li> Bradley mentioned a blog post from <a href="http://blog.cashmusic.org/2011/06/23/the-tough-road-to-501c3-status-for-open-source/">the Executive Director of CASH Music</a>, where he talked about their Form 1023 being delayed. (19:10)</li> <li>Karen has confirmed with IRS agents that this process of applications does not impact existing non-profits currently. (21:00)</li> <li>Bradley pointed out that COBOL jobs are still very prevalent. Bradley even found <a href="http://www.justcoboljobs.com/">a website dedicated only to COBOL jobs</a>. (36:18)</li> <li>After we recorded, <a href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2011/07/fud-barriers-for-open-source-non-profits/index.htm">Simon Phipps posted a blog post quoting Bradley about the issue</a></li>. </ul> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="https://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a> on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by <a href="http://identi.ca/conservancy">following Conservancy on identi.ca</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy">and Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.</p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" hspace=10 /></a> The content of <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">this audcast</span>, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>. </p>