> On Jun 5, 2016, at 7:16 PM, KP <k...@isonomyus.com> wrote: > > Dear Friends > > > > Trust all is well and hope you have received the previous mail below. > Kindly respond soon. Thanks and regards. > > > KP > US Mobile +1-949-378-5775 > > > > From: KP [mailto:k...@isonomyus.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 01:17 PM > To: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > Subject: Developing a version for our region with transactional and other > features - local languages included ... > > > > Dear Friends > > > > Firstly, congratulations and a big thank you all for creating GNU Cash. A > wonderful effort and very useful to the society indeed. > > > > We are a group in India that is interested in developing additional > features, particularly transactional (i.e. third party tools to access bank > and other institutional accounts, without going to the websites of the > institutions directly) and also offering it in local languages. > > > We are likely working with partners who are themselves large institutions, > and the entire group together will decide on the path and the business > model. Can you guide us on whether we can use GNU Cash as our core, and if > we can then modify, add and develop it further for our selling it in our > region? > > > > Would appreciate your guidance and help. Warm regards.
All of that would be fine except for the selling part. GnuCash is licensed exclusively under the GNU Public License, version 2 or later, and the provisions of that license extend to any derivative work. You'll have to give away the source code to your product. But all is not lost: Many companies have built successful businesses by selling support to open-source software: The largest and best known is Red Hat, Inc. I suggest that you study their business model as a possible one for yourselves. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
