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Lars Wirzenius

As a Finnish open source developer, this means that in practice, I can't ask for donations, whether directly, or via GitHub Sponsors or Patreon, or even an offshore organization that does the asking for you, is not an option. The risk is too real.

I also don't accept donations, to make the situation absolutely clear.

I am, however, willing to be paid for actual work I do. I can invoice via my own company.

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Wilfried Klaebe

@liw So... If someone told some finnish open source maintainer to bill them for one month of maintenance work on libwhatever, that would totally not be accepting a donation by that maintainer?

Lars Wirzenius

@wonka I am not a legal expert, but if the work is real, and the compensation is justifiable, it should be OK.

If the work doesn't actually happen, or the compensation is wildly too big, it can get tricky.

Elena ``of Valhalla''

@wonka @liw would they need to have their own company (and thus be unable to do that if they are already working as an employee for somebody else)?

(I think that would be the case in my country, which is *not* Finland)

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@liw Wait, what?
I guess I must close my ko-fi now, I only received 3€ from there, so it's not worth the risk 😅

Lars Wirzenius

@bemyak It's complicated. You may want to ask a lawyer or other expert.

Nemo_bis 🌈

@liw @bemyak You can file a request online at poliisi.fi/en/small-scale-mone . I believe you'll have to specify a limit and a duration, for example 100 € and end of year, and then file a report after the end of the period.

Let me know if they reject your request, I can then put you in contact with the lawyer who won the recent case against the police on the matter (elokapina.fi/news/press-releas ).

But yes, probably easier to close it. :)

@liw @bemyak You can file a request online at poliisi.fi/en/small-scale-mone . I believe you'll have to specify a limit and a duration, for example 100 € and end of year, and then file a report after the end of the period.

Let me know if they reject your request, I can then put you in contact with the lawyer who won the recent case against the police on the matter (elokapina.fi/news/press-releas ).

Adolph
@liw This doesn't happen in Spain, but the tax code is so brutal it's not worth it asking for donations.
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