Re: Call for vote: public statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 03:57:44PM +0100, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 15:51, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <
> perezmeyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 11:50, Aigars Mahinovs <aigarius@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Whether accepting donations *in general* makes your activity in
> > providing software a "commercial activity" in the context of
> > > this directive proposal is not really a supported notion in the text.
> > There are a few specific examples of what does make
> > > a "commercial activity" in point 10, but none of those examples directly
> > apply to general donations to a project or person.
> >
> > I am not mixing, I think the current wording does not _exactly_ says
> > so, leaving a door open for abuse.
> >
>
> The current working does say what is commercial activity and accepting
> donations does not fall into any of those examples.
It does. Quoted by Ilu: "Accepting donations without the intention of making a
profit should not count as a commercial activity, unless such donations are
made by commercial entities and are recurring in nature."
>
> But EFF, among others, does mention that it would be more comforting if
> accepting donations was explicitly highlighted as an example of
> activity that clearly falls outside of the commercial activity definition.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Aigars Mahinovs
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