Correct. But that something that is handled "internally". Its nothing that the government need to put their sticky fingers into.
It’s the same when you cook food in your home. Then its mutually known that its on their own risk, If the chef does the cooking wrong, someone might get a bad stomatch. But sometimes home-cooked food is better quality than mass produced restaurant food. But that’s something that is known since its personal and friends in-between. It’s a private space that the government doesn't need to touch. It’s a completely different thing when you cook food to strangers, and also taking payment for it. Then government need to put their nose into it, check that restaurant and hygiene and other food safety laws are followed and you also need permissions, public contact details and much other things, and also check that taxes are paid. Think the "imprint" as a hygiene certification for a public for-pay internet service. Think like a digital restaurant, and you understand why these laws are there. So I would say, when you run a private service, or a free online service, then ignore the german electronic communication law. It simply doesn't apply to anything that is private/free. I agree about open source software, but its also important to know, that you cannot expect anything. If the owner of the open source software abandons it, then its abandoned. But that’s also where open source shines - anyone else can pick up on it and continue work on it, and continue the series. But since its free, you can't really expect that the original owner should continue on it. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Slavko via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> Skickat: den 22 oktober 2022 20:31 Till: 'Mailing List' <mailop@mailop.org> Ämne: Re: [mailop] Tangent: Banks and imprint requirements in Germany Dňa 22. októbra 2022 17:06:25 UTC používateľ Sebastian Nielsen via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> napísal: >If its free for absolutely no cost, then its "on your own risk". You can't >really expect anything if you grab something for free. >Then imprint is not required, the electronic service laws doesn't apply, and >its totally up to you what you do. >If you shut down the service after 2 months of operation, so be it, customers >got service for free and cannot expect anything. As fan & contributor to open source software i do not agree, no, not all is about money only. But you forget one very important (at least for me) free service -- service for self/family/friends, where both sides (user - admin) are mutualy known. No money play role here, no gowernment is needed, etc... And those services can be better than mass commercial, at least because they can be (and often are) personalized, not unified, to meet/fit personal needings. regards -- Slavko https://www.slavino.sk/ _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
