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taking $1 in support creates the obligation to anyone and everyone. Not the people who paid.

• immibis 2y ago
  If I give away free cookies I baked just to feed people and they develop minor food poisoning, I may be shielded by the fact I was volunteering in good faith. If I give away free cookies with the logo of some big event to advertise that event, now it's commercial and I may be liable for the cookies because I'm backed by the money of that big event and should have been held to a higher standard.
  • x0x0 2y ago
    The idea that selling one thing, ever, creates a financial obligation to anyone, ever, who downloads something for free is abject nonsense. And again, would lead anyone rational to wholesale blocking the UK or EU.
    • immibis 2y ago
      Good thing that isn't the idea.
      • x0x0 2y ago
        Stop pretending that isn't literally the law, and the one you supported over many comments. Offering $1k of support to a user of your code creates an obligation to any user in the EU, regardless of whether you know their name or not.