X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status

An anonymous reader writes "The X.Org Foundation, which drives the X.Org Server projects, Mesa, and Wayland open-source programs, had its tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS. It turns out the X.Org Foundation had put in quite a lot of work to become a non-profit organization, with guidance from the Software Freedom Law Center. They got in trouble after failing to routinely file their taxes on time. There's also been a host of other X.Org accounting errors in recent years. There was also the recent news of the IRS going after open-source projects, too."

Re:Solution

[M. Baranczak]

"We should tax all foreigners living abroad." - Monty Python

The British Empire did this successfully for hundreds of years. It's a pretty good revenue model, don't knock it.

Re:Fuck off ( score:+9000, troll)

[Anonymous Coward]

You've got to expect a little scrutiny from the taxman if you explicitly name your organization after a group that didn't like paying their lawful taxes.

Re:No one to blame but themselves

[PolygamousRanchKid]

How hard is it to file your taxes on time?

How hard is it to deliver your release on time?

Hey, we're software folks . . . we just don't deliver on time. The IRS should know this, and cut all software folks some slack on that April 15th date.

Re:I smell Microsoft

[Tr3vin]

Yes, Microsoft sent lobbyists to X.Org to prevent them from filing their paperwork on time.

Re:No one to blame but themselves

[M. Baranczak]

...Oracle employee...

I should have known.

Re: No one to blame but themselves

[iamgnat]

Filing a tax return on time is a complicated rule that's too hard to follow?

No, but the way they keep moving April 15th to a different day of the week every year sure is hard to keep up with!