On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 03:57:44PM +0100, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 15:51, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer < > perezme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 11:50, Aigars Mahinovs <aigar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Whether accepting donations *in general* makes your activity in > > providing software a "commercial activity" in the context of > > > this directive proposal is not really a supported notion in the text. > > There are a few specific examples of what does make > > > a "commercial activity" in point 10, but none of those examples directly > > apply to general donations to a project or person. > > > > I am not mixing, I think the current wording does not _exactly_ says > > so, leaving a door open for abuse. > > > > The current working does say what is commercial activity and accepting > donations does not fall into any of those examples.
It does. Quoted by Ilu: "Accepting donations without the intention of making a profit should not count as a commercial activity, unless such donations are made by commercial entities and are recurring in nature." > > But EFF, among others, does mention that it would be more comforting if > accepting donations was explicitly highlighted as an example of > activity that clearly falls outside of the commercial activity definition. > > -- > Best regards, > Aigars Mahinovs --
