[GNC] BotanyBayGardens nonprofit example, and why GnuCash does not suffice

[John Ralls]

> On Jul 24, 2020, at 10:59 PM, jean laroche <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Perhaps the developers (including me, in a  modest manner) could then discuss whether these would be easy to add/fix. Perhaps these features have been discussed in the past? Job costing, in particular, may not be that hard to implement? The Cash Flow reporting might also not be too hard to fix, once the OP specifies exactly how it should be done, ideally.

Stop right there. GnuCash is not a big-business (profit or non doesn't matter) accounting program. Cost Accounting is a whole specialty on its own and is way outside of GnuCash's scope of personal and very small business use.

GnuCash is also not written for anyone in particular, so adding even a small module to a single user's specification is a non-starter. GnuCash is Free software and those who want custom modules may write their own or hire someone to do so; any distribution would be subject to the GPL, but someone who writes a module for their own use is under no obligation to share it. 

Regards,
John Ralls