[Wikipedia-l] Dream a little...

[gwern branwen]

On 10/16/06, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am afraid this really isn't much of a reply to your suggestion, but
> it leaped into my head when I read it...
>
> If we went down the road of "buying copyrights", we'd probably end up
> setting up a "licensing trust", a registered charitable organisation
> whose sole purpose is to acquire intellectual property and license it
> out For The Betterment Of Humanity.
>
> Of course, the benefit of a registered charity is that donations to it
> are tax-deductible - and, much to my delight, it seems that this even
> extends to gifts of intellectual property. So, put two and two
> together, and how about having them tout for donations?
.....

Now, I can't be the only one thinking this, but could this finally be
a way to claim Wikipedia editing as a tax deduction since you are
donating intellectual property ?

> - Andrew Gray

--Gwern