I write free software. My free software has a "donate" link that goes to the PayPal donation page. The idiots at PayPal froze my account since I couldn't prove 501(c) exemption (which I don't have - and more to the point, never claimed to!) and insist that it's "illegal" to receive donations unless you're a registered non-profit with 501(c) IRS clearance.

We have had some recent request for ways to purchase Bordeaux other then through PayPal. So as of today we have Bordeaux listed at Payloadz.com and can be purchased without the need of a PayPal account. Payloadz will let you use your credit or debit card to make a direct payment and access to five downloads through their servers.

An odd bit of news from the xorg foundation. During some discussion on their mailing list about missing funds it became apparent that PayPal had simply taken $5k of their money because PayPal thought xorg foundation were some sort of scam.

PayPal is currently processing $1,571 worth of transactions per second in 17 different currencies on about 4,000 servers running Red Hat Linux.

But Paypal refused to pay. Why? At 17 years of age, Robert Kugler, according to Paypal, does not meet the age-related eligibility requirement for participating in the program. Curiously, that specific requirement is not stated in the publicly available description of the program, which is available here.

The Free Software Foundation thanks PayPal for responding to its concerns and making its terms more free software friendly.

The controversial U.S. visa program puts paperwork and quotas between U.S.-based open source companies and international job seekers

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is undergoing significant changes in management. Founder Mark Shuttleworth has stepped down from his role as the CEO so that he can increase his involvement in the software design and development process. Jane Silber, who has long served as the company's chief operating officer, will be taking over as CEO.

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