On 30-Jun-08, at 6:10 PM, Anand Shankar wrote: > I believe the two are FOSS. And as per the GoI contract document, it > is VAT instead of Service Tax!! If you were to <emphasis> interpret > more closely </emphasis>, it means most Government Departments are > ending up buying FOSS, and that too as a Proprietary Software!!! In > fact, it seems it is easier for the seller to propose them as > Proprietary Software, and buyer to ask the seller saying that it is a > Proprietary Software, to facilitate easy purchase within his > organisation. All for the Government records!!! Moreover I am not sure > how many purchase officers can tell the difference between the two and > how.
I have just mailed the people who are charging service tax - interesting to see what their response is. After all if foss is a product that can be bought and sold, why should they charge extra? Interestingly enough, I am unable to find in the lists of FOSS business models any mention of a business model of selling FOSS as a product. But I suppose in view of the results of this debate, this will change. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
