Developing a version for our region with transactional and other features - local languages included ...
John Ralls
jralls at ceridwen.us
Mon Jun 6 09:56:12 EDT 2016
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 7:16 PM, KP <kp at isonomyus.com> wrote:
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> Trust all is well and hope you have received the previous mail below.
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> KP
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> From: KP [mailto:kp at isonomyus.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 01:17 PM
> To: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> Subject: Developing a version for our region with transactional and other
> features - local languages included ...
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> Dear Friends
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> Firstly, congratulations and a big thank you all for creating GNU Cash. A
> wonderful effort and very useful to the society indeed.
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> We are a group in India that is interested in developing additional
> features, particularly transactional (i.e. third party tools to access bank
> and other institutional accounts, without going to the websites of the
> institutions directly) and also offering it in local languages.
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> We are likely working with partners who are themselves large institutions,
> and the entire group together will decide on the path and the business
> model. Can you guide us on whether we can use GNU Cash as our core, and if
> we can then modify, add and develop it further for our selling it in our
> region?
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> Would appreciate your guidance and help. Warm regards.
All of that would be fine except for the selling part. GnuCash is licensed exclusively under the GNU Public License, version 2 or later, and the provisions of that license extend to any derivative work. You'll have to give away the source code to your product.
But all is not lost: Many companies have built successful businesses by selling support to open-source software: The largest and best known is Red Hat, Inc. I suggest that you study their business model as a possible one for yourselves.
Regards,
John Ralls
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