Why I'm not rushing to take sides in the RubyGems fiasco

Post by hobs » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 4:56 PM UTC

cyphar wrote: post #116

hobs wrote: post #72

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No, that's not how it works in the USA - apparently this person wants a tax deduction for their voluntary contribution as if it was a financial contribution to a non-profit which is tax deductible.

On the flip side, contributions have financial value, otherwise what are we all doing here? I don't think they want a tax deduction necessarily, they're just pointing out that because of how voluntary labour is valued by the tax system it is rational to want to be paid for contributing to non-profits instead of doing it for free. If you spent N hours working and donated your $X*N salary to a non-profit, you'd get a t…

Post by fouc » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 2:14 AM UTC

wgjordan wrote: post #94

armchairhacker wrote: post #29

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You left out the rest of the paragraph (emphasis mine): > I remember being extremely sympathetic to this perspective , having also wasted countless hours of my life maintaining open source for free only for others to benefit from it. I also recall a figure like either $200 or $250 per hour being mentioned as the rate he was effectively paying himself. Whatever the rate actually was, I distinctly remember thinking, "h…

As a non-profit, the exact amount that Ruby Together paid Andre was publicly disclosed in its annual tax filings [1]: 2015: $29,250 2016: $43,988 2017: $48,143 2018: $51,058 2019: $60,000 2020: $32,693 2021: $21,420 The filings also note that "The entire board of directors reviews and approves (by vote) compensation for the CEO." [1] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/473...