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GNU/Linux taxed in Poland ?! (fwd)

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

--AHH

------- Forwarded message follows ------- To: fsb@crynwr.com, linux-biz@lege.com 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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Date: 13 Nov 2000 10:11:21 -0000 Message-ID: <20001113101121.90419.qmail@home.pl> From: dune@home.pl To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Subject: GNU/Linux taxed in Poland ?! Resent-Message-ID: <2od0CC.A.sjC.U07D6@murphy> Resent-From: debian-devel@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: <debian-devel@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/72642 X-Loop: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 04:06:25 -0600

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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