bluegopher2

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   by bluegopher2 5y ago

   Once you take money, you are running a business (even if you mislabel the money as a donation). That means having to register with the tax authorities, adding a ton of accounting related overhead and very likely spending money on all of tha
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   by bluegopher2 5y ago

   We actually have something like that in Germany for musicians: GEMA. Unsurprisingly, it is a failed experiment. Among other things, every time you buy storage media that could be used to store music (burnable CD, DVD, ...), you are forced t
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   by bluegopher2 5y ago

   Well, you can't make a gift, then demand to be paid if the receiver (unexpectedly) makes money out of it. Better to foresee that offer paid services on top, e.g.: https://raccoon.onyxbits.de/blog/bugreport-free-sup