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UK Government to Tax Linux?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The UK government is looking at introducing a tax aimed at software published under GNU GPL. It claims that because programmers do it for free, it is losing out on income tax and that commercial software companies (read Microsoft) are at a disadvantage. Some pressure group has already put up a website with more details and news site Techworld have got a quote from a Treasury spokesman saying that they're only considering it."

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  1. Re:Not Funny by 110010001000 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sounds like a good idea to me. Private development is the only way to improve a blighted area.

  2. Re:April Fools .... again? by cjthompson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    just wait, that knobhead Taco will probably dupe it 2 or 3 times like he did last year.

  3. Re:If it only was a joke by Trolling4Columbine · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Ahh yes, the VAT is one of those particularly lovable realities of socialism. It didn't take the EU long to assume the authority to arbitrarily set a dollar value for EVERYTHING, and essentially tax it for whatever the hell they wanted.

    Sadly most Europeans don't seem to mind being fucked in the ass by their rulers.

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    Socialism: A feeling of discontent and resentment caused by a desire for the possessions or qualities of another.