On 4/11/2019 11:14 AM, David Cousens wrote:
Mike
The problem I see for free software developers here is to register as a
developer for the software, you have to be an existing business as you
require a registration only available to an existing registered business.
SDKs and APIs which appear to be written in C# are only available to the
registered developers.
Yes, I know little in detail about the laws of Britain or Australia. I
do know that "more democratic" in the sense of not having a defined
constitution/bill of rights << yes, most of us think of a constitution
as a good thing BUT it does limit the will of the majority -- it says
that some things we DON'T decide by vote, etc. >>
On the other hand, I seriously doubt that the only "corporate entities"
that are allowed are "for profit businesses".
In the US, an "entity", for profit or not has a "tax ID number" << EIN
for a corporate entity, SS# for a human person. Thus the 501c3's that I
keep books for have one << just because a non-profit doesn't PAY taxes
doesn't mean it doesn't file anything, doesn't have to be identifiable
to the tax people >>
In my working days, I worked for MassMutual Life Insurance and at least
then we did software in house (it's what I did, design and write
software). One of the worlds largest financials but technically not a
"for profit business" << it is legally a "consumer co-op", owned by the
policy holders >> Do you imagine that if MM applied (for what was being
required to write this software) would be turned down because "not a for
profit business".
I don't know the details of how the gnucash project is organized in the
legal sense, but it is some kind of a non-profit entity.
Michael D Novack
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