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"Donate to me" sounds like a pretty explicit appeal to give money, so I would personally steer away from that to not get in trouble with the law ("rahankeräykse

by Hamuko 6y ago

"Donate to me" sounds like a pretty explicit appeal to give money, so I would personally steer away from that to not get in trouble with the law ("rahankeräyksellä [tarkoitetaan] toimintaa, jossa yleisöön vetoamalla kerätään vastikkeetta rahaa" & "yleisöön vetoamisella [tarkoitetaan] suullisesti, kirjallisesti tai muulla tavoin ilmaistua pyyntöä tai kehotusta antaa rahaa keräykseen"). AFAIK, just adding your PayPal details or bank account number to your website would be okay because you would not be making any sort of an appeal.

emilfihlman 6y ago
"Lahjoitukset minulle voi osoittaa tämän linkin kautta" "Minua voi tukea tämän linkin kautta" "Lahjoita minulle tämän linkin kautta" All are acceptable. And since "lahjoita" is entirely equal to "support" then also "Tue minua tämän linkin kautta" is entirely fine. Of course the Finnish justice system is known for being unjust and arbitrary in many cases so your mileage may vary.
hpeinar 6y ago
Very interesting read as an Estonian. Apart from being legal, we even have a special field on our income declaration form (which we fill every year) that is specifically for money earned through ways like that. If I recalled correctly it's under "Income received abroad -> Salary and other remuneration". I also run a donation based site (which also has ads) and I declare both of these on the form and pay my share of taxes from it. But it is then fully legal money and I can do whatever I like with it from government perspective. I don't speak any Finnish at all, but if the wording is so important, wouldn't it work if you ask the money to pay for the services cost instead? Not as a donation to yourself. Servers cost, your time costs etc. Could all be counted as an upkeep of the project.

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"Donate to me" sounds like a pretty explicit appeal to give money, so I would personally steer away from that to not get in trouble with the law ("rahankeräykse

by Hamuko 6y ago

emilfihlman 6y ago
"Lahjoitukset minulle voi osoittaa tämän linkin kautta" "Minua voi tukea tämän linkin kautta" "Lahjoita minulle tämän linkin kautta" All are acceptable. And since "lahjoita" is entirely equal to "support" then also "Tue minua tämän linkin kautta" is entirely fine. Of course the Finnish justice system is known for being unjust and arbitrary in many cases so your mileage may vary.
hpeinar 6y ago
Very interesting read as an Estonian. Apart from being legal, we even have a special field on our income declaration form (which we fill every year) that is specifically for money earned through ways like that. If I recalled correctly it's under "Income received abroad -> Salary and other remuneration". I also run a donation based site (which also has ads) and I declare both of these on the form and pay my share of taxes from it. But it is then fully legal money and I can do whatever I like with it from government perspective. I don't speak any Finnish at all, but if the wording is so important, wouldn't it work if you ask the money to pay for the services cost instead? Not as a donation to yourself. Servers cost, your time costs etc. Could all be counted as an upkeep of the project.