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>>diyftw+(OP)
It should be obvious to everyone by now that the European Union doesn't actually care about developers or small businesses at all.

>>gunapo+Mm
I don’t know what this act specifically covers, but if I were a small business that sold (unintentionally) poisonous cookies to my neighbors, I ought very well to be shut down. That applies no matter my revenue stream size (or even if it was zero!) So I don’t find your argument particularly compelling. There is no inherent right to do business, if doing that business is harmful in some way. The E.U. rightly recognizes that consumers in general are more protected that businesses. I much rather this than the capitalist hellhole that the US is turning into.

>>LadyCa+En
Many of us are not "doing business" at all. Programming is my hobby. I cannot justify publishing my projects if doing that could get me sued. I already have enough liability at work.

>>matheu+uD
Good thing publishing your projects is deliberately excluded so you're FUDing.

>>izacus+Gb1
"Deliberately excluded" is a pretty strong statement for a law that speaks of:

> commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge

That definitely includes people like me who thought signing up for GitHub Sponsors was a good idea. What's the worst that could happen, right? For all I know it could include projects that accept donations too. Is writing a book about the project or offering screencasts or whatever the same as offering "technical support services"? Is building a community on GitHub or Discord or whatever "providing a software platform through which the manufacturer monetises other services"? Who knows? I'm not a lawyer.

>>matheu+yn1
Just like in similar complaints around GDPR, turns out that in practice the bar for these things in EU is much higher than what US lawyers are used to and scaremonger about.