[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Daniel Gibson]

Walter Bright schrieb:
> I think that some categories of software will never be free open source. 
> For example, tax prep software. That's because tax software is a load of 
> tedious detail work with no glory. People will want to be paid to write 
> it, and others will be willing to pay for it.
> 

For german tax declarations there is http://www.taxbird.de/.
It's supposed to be a linux-compatible alternative to the windows-only 
Freeware "ELSTER" provided by the government.
It's not usable though, because the developer is still waiting for some 
information from some state office or something regarding electronic 
submission of the declarations (a feature offered by ELSTER).

But at least it proves people are willing to provide this kind of 
software as open source ;-)