Re: GNU/Linux taxed in Poland ?!
Hi
dune@home.pl schrieb:
[ the experts for this kind of stuff can be found on
debian-legal@lists.debian.org, thus I CC there ]
> About month ago one of the local fiscal office in Poland has laid
> a tax on some company in Poland which uses Linux servers and
> StarOffice apllications. This information appeared in the past week
> in Polish edition of Computerworld. AND THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
>
> The fiscal office has treated GNU software as a DONATION for this
> company with a price on the level of M$ Windows NT and M$ Office
> prices. According to the Polish tax regulations this company must
> pay about 30% (thirty percents) of these values now. So much.
This is bothersome enough, but why Windos? Solaris seems much
more similar to Debian than this glamourised game console OS.
> Three weeks ago Computerlworld has asked Polish Treasury about
> an interpretation of a term of donation in case of GNU software.
> Nobody from the Treasury replied yet.
>
> Maybe this is a less problem for commercial Linux distros like
> RedHat, Mandrake, Suse, Caldera etc. because these product have
> small prices and they can not be treated as donations but only as
> expenses. I hope because there is still not clear issues concerns
> prices of GPL, LGPL, Artistic, BSD licenses within the scope of Polish
> tax regulations.
>
> What in a case of Debian GNU/Linux servers? I have some fears.
>
> I am not sure but maybe some official letter from the Debian community
> to the Polish Treasury may change something in their mind.
>
> Greetings from Poland,
>
> Mariusz Przygodzki
> dune@home.pl
ciao, 2ri
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