tripta, thanks for your response to the draft of the open letter.
a short response to your queries:
1) companies that export software, whether free or non-free, are not being
taxed by this system. the proposal is to only tax domestic software sales.
software exports anyway happens from tax-free zones. so the two are not in
conflict.
2) i actually hope announcing this taxation *gives* more power to companies
to fight against what they incorrectly call 'piracy.' every time they conduct
a 'piracy raid' and on the other hand the government charges this tax for
legal software, freedom-based software shall shine forth as the only sane
alternative.
3) let them take the whole illogic and attitude of non-free software to its
own extreme, where it just falls on itself.
4) let's push freedom-based software principles and philosophies to its
extremes. whichever one stands, wins, or both will usher in an even newer
world, based on even stronger principles. who knows?
5) the 'common man' who buys or procures 'pirated' software, or buys
fully-legal but non-free software, gets penalised through illegality, the
strong laws against 'piracy' and by the tax towards purchasing authorised but
non-free software.
6) the 'common man' who gravitates towards freedom-based software, loses
nothing, and inherits a world culture heritage.
for other clarifications, read the responses to tarun dua's email.
:-)
LL
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