[FYI] (Fwd) GNU/Linux taxed in Poland ?! (fwd)

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

Ich habe das seit langem befuerchtet. Allerdings haette ich eher 
damit gerechnet, dass diese Idee zuerst im BMF ausgebruetet wird ...

--AHH

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Subject:        	GNU/Linux taxed in Poland ?! (fwd)
Date sent:      	Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:00:32 +0100
From:           	Nils Lohner <lohner@ecf.teradyne.com>


This is a message that was sent to the debian-devel mailing list, and
I'm sure there will be followup discussions on the debian-legal
mailing list.  If people have any ideas or comments, I'm sure they'd
be appreciated.  I'll try to find a URL for the information as well if
possible.

Thanks,
Nils.


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Hello,

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.

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



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