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Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 day agobut 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.
ell1e@leminal.space 1 day ago
Did you actually read the quote I gave? I’m honestly confused.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m guessing that’s what you are referring to, this is not relevant to normal donations, but only a use of “donations” to circumvent regulation.
Show me any FOSS project that has donations exceeding costs of development, it’s basically non existent, only the Linux kernel project itself, which is fair enough to be covered, since the Linux kernel is driven by commercial interests today.
The claim originally in this line of debate was that small projects could risk this, and no they can’t, only projects that have become commercial are affected.
ell1e@leminal.space 1 day ago
I will stop discussing since suddenly this is about “normal” and “abnormal” donations, and I don’t think we’re having a clear-headed debate here. Donations can apparently trigger the EU CRA, is all that I said.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There really are differences, Linux kernel membership could be called based on donations, but they are clearly more than that.
Also you haven’t mentioned a single 1 man FOSS project that could be affected, which was the original claim.