Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

[Daniel Campbell]

On 12/04/2016 04:03 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote:
> On 04/12/16 23:49, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:07:59PM +0000, M. J. Everitt wrote:
>>> I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to
>>> "proper" accounting software applicable to small and large businesses. I
>>> know my mother used Quickbooks in the past with good success and the
>>> support of her accountant, but Sage is known to be equally accessible. I
>>> would imagine there is an appropriate version for not-for-profit or
>>> charities, perhaps you can seek advice with the person(s) already
>>> contacted for accounting/finance purposes?!
>> Our CPA (Yes, we do have one) only recommends QuickBooks, but has used a
>> variety of other proprietary systems (none of which he recommends at
>> all!).
>>
>> The catch is that either Quickbooks or Sage would be a violation of the
>> social contract's libre-licence dependence clause.
>>
>> Ledger HAS filled most of our needs thus far, but lacks in reporting and
>> some automation:
>> - I'd love to automatically generate lots of depreciation
>>   entries, but can't yet.
>> - Something to anonymize private information in some entries, so that
>>   the actual Ledgers can be published for transparency.
>>
> Thanks for the clarification, Robin. It may be worth reviewing that
> social contract to allow us better compliance if deemed worthwhile!
>
> :]
>
Compliance with what? If others desire Quickbook support, they can make
a tool to convert from ledger. There's no good reason for a non-profit,
libre software organization to use and depend on proprietary software.
Did nobody learn a lesson from BitKeeper?

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