IRS policy that targeted political groups also aimed at open source projects

Posted by BernardSwiss on Jul 5, 2014 7:23 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Ryan Paul
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In theory, it might make sense for the IRS to closely review applications from organizations that develop open source software in order to make sure that they aren’t actually for-profit companies that sell commercial support or monetize their software with other services. If that were the standard of review, there would be no cause for concern. Unfortunately, it looks like the IRS is applying a much more dubious standard.

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