Comment on Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates

• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If it’s proprietary it doesn’t, between proprietary and FOSS it absolutely does for the reasons I already stated.

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  • ell1e@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=…

    Supply in the course of a commercial activity might be characterised not only by charging a price for a product with digital elements, but also by charging a price for technical support services where this does not serve only the recuperation of actual costs, by an intention to monetise, for instance by providing a software platform through which the manufacturer monetises other services, by requiring as a condition for use the processing of personal data for reasons other than exclusively for improving the security, compatibility or interoperability of the software, or by accepting donations exceeding the costs associated with the design, development and provision of a product with digital elements

    TL;DR, just donations can already be a problem.

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      but also by charging a price for technical support

      Which exactly includes systems like RedHat which I already included, but in no way includes voluntary FOSS work for free.

      an intention to monetise

      Again it’s very much about the money.

      just donations can already be a problem, apparently. But IANAL.

      NOPE!!!
      Donations are not a charge.

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      • ell1e@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Did you actually read the quote I gave? I’m honestly confused.

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