> Isn't that self-evident? If you have (say) an 8% excise on bundled
> software, then the person who downloads Linux and OpenOffice and
> bundles them into a computer doesn't pay any excise. After all, the
> tax/excise would be on the price of the software, and if the price is
> 0, so is the corresponding tax.
>
> As far as I can make out the proposal is not asking for preferential
> taxation, just a straight across-the-board tax on bundled software
> based on the cost of the software to the consumer.
Right on the point.
1) Stick to taxation on OEM bundled software alone and not on all FLOSS +
COTS software.
2) Taxation on OEM bundled software will make the price determination of OEM
bundled S/w easy.
3) Refunds can be now enforced for rejection of EULA and a certain
percentage of S/w bundle's cost should be added to the refund towards the
cost of uninstalling the bundled software.
4) Or better still force the OEMs to provide the offers without bundled
Software.
Looks fair enough to me.
Tarun Dua
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