Hello Everyone,
I have great news :D (More for me than anything else but still).
For those that readed the posts about this subject from me they already know
that I need a POS with certified software from the Portuguese Finances, so my
idea of a 100% Free POS was almost dead, until now !
I finally had the ocasion to talk to someone from the Finances (something
almost impossible since the introduction of this law because a lot of people
are trying to solve their problem which os norlam) and I had some excelent
news ! This is what I've got :
1 - In my case I don't need a certified application at all. It only need to
use the Portuguese Finance's standard (SA-FT and so-on). And I need to be the
honor of the application (produced internally). Now this could be a
problem... until the moment that I've seen that any Copyleft application
gives me the "Copyright" of the application itself. So after confirmation, I
can use any Free POS Software (an there's a lot of them out there).
2 - The only obligation for certified applications is to sell or for big
companies. And I hope to sell if in the future (since I will have to work on
it fast in order for my mother's cofee to be "in rules" the faster possible),
but I always thaught that it was expensive to get it certified since all the
POS software are always at 150-200€ (and only one at 75€ for Windows),
until I asked them... Now I know that the cost of the certification is...
0€ !
And this is wonderfull :D
So for now I will use an existent one and just change it in order to reflect
the requirements (SA-FT and Co.). But after that I will start to create a new
one from scratch for working not only here but also in any other country.
The one that I will use for now is FloriantPOS (floreantpos.com). Why this
one ? Because it is the easiest for now for use and also to make
modifications (since I have already done some in the past weeks just for
testing). I only need to see everything about the license (otherwise I will
use something like LemonPOS).
Well, I'm sorry if the message was not very organized but I am very excited
about this (and also worried since I only have 2 days until the end of the
month, and 10 days until the end of the facturation from January and the
start of the facturation from February).
So if anyone is interested they are welcome to ask, help and anything else :D
(I need to find a name when I finish in order to certifie it and start
proposing it outside my cofee).
Best Regards,
Luis Da Costa
