important to update about tax agreements

[crowdsupply.git] / updates / 021_2019dec29_nlnet_grants_approved.mdwn

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@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ applications were put in, and around EUR 200,000 to 250,000 of those have
 been approved.  The RISC-V Foundation's continued extreme unethical
 actions have led us to consider using Power ISA.
 
-### NLNet Grants
+### NLnet Grants
 
-[NLNet](http://nlnet.nl) were first approached eighteen months ago, with
+[NLnet](http://nlnet.nl) were first approached eighteen months ago, with
 an initial application to develop the core of a privacy-respecting trustable
-processor.  Whilst NLNet's primary focus of the past fifteen years has been
+processor.  Whilst NLnet's primary focus of the past fifteen years has been
 software, they have funded reverse-engineering for
 [Osmocon BB](https://nlnet.nl/project/sdr-phy/) and for
 [OpenBSC](https://nlnet.nl/project/iuh-openbsc/) so are no strangers to
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ single-core ASIC at around 300 to 350 MHz, suitable for use as a
 high-end embedded controller.  Staf from Chips4Makers will act as the
 "NDA firebreak" between us and TSMC.  (Side note: Staf ran a [Crowd
 Supply campaign](https://www.crowdsupply.com/chips4makers/retro-uc),
-and the NLNet funding will help him to realise that project and
+and the NLnet funding will help him to realise that project and
 perhaps re-start a new campaign for the Retro-uC one day).
 
-All of these have been approved by NLNet, and, crucially, the external
+All of these have been approved by NLnet, and, crucially, the external
 independent review process successfully completed for each.  The exact
 amounts of each grant is to be confirmed, with each being possible to be
 up to the limit of EUR 50,000 for each sub-project.
@@ -55,14 +55,17 @@ and so on), these fields are so specialized that finding people who are good
 practical.
 
 Therefore, we made sure that the calculations were based around an approximate
-EUR 3,000 per month budget per person, bearing in mind that due to NLNet's
-international tax agreements, this being donations, that's equivalent to a
+EUR 3,000 per month budget per person, bearing in mind that due to
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algemeen_nut_beogende_instelling">international tax agreements</a>
+that apply to Charitable Organisations such as NLnet
+(more information about this <a href="https://www.philanthropyadvocacy.eu/legal-environment-for-philanthropy-in-europe/">here</a>,
+this being donations, that's equivalent to a
 "wage" of approximately nearly twice that amount (three times if, as a
 business, you have to take into consideration corporation tax / employee
 insurance as well).
 
 We now need to find people willing to help do the work. What is
-really nice is that NLNet will donate money to them for completion of that work!
+really nice is that NLnet will donate money to them for completion of that work!
 Therefore, if you've always wanted to work on a 3D processor, its drivers
 and its source code, do get in touch.
 
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ controversial in it, and given his long-standing experience of several
 decades with the Libre and Open Communities, I cannot think of a reason
 why it would not be possible to sign it.  We just have to see.
 
-The timing here with NLNet is just on the edge: we have to create a
+The timing here with NLnet is just on the edge: we have to create a
 full list of milestones and assign a fixed budget to each (then later
 subdivide them into sub-tasks under that milestone).  This is a leeeetle
 bit challenging when we have not yet reviewed the OpenPower agreement,