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This is an important step, and one that I'd love to see more FOSS projects take
That's pretty cool (and also pretty ridiculous that it took 8 months). I'm kinda confused by the last part: > Since both Patreon and our custom sponsorship platform are based around rewards to patrons/sponsors, they cannot be classified as donations, so there are no changes to how those are taxed. So when German non-profits want to hand out merch in exchange for a specific donation amount, non-profit has to pay for-p…
That's pretty cool (and also pretty ridiculous that it took 8 months). I'm kinda confused by the last part: > Since both Patreon and our custom sponsorship platform are based around rewards to patrons/sponsors, they cannot be classified as donations, so there are no changes to how those are taxed. So when German non-profits want to hand out merch in exchange for a specific donation amount, non-profit has to pay for-p…
No, I think what he's saying is that it's not a tax-deductible donation for the patrons. (Which is actually more-or-less law in the US too, unless the reward is worth vastly less than the donation[0])
[0] https://www.nolo.com/legal-update/irs-changes-thank-you-gift...
That's pretty cool (and also pretty ridiculous that it took 8 months). I'm kinda confused by the last part: > Since both Patreon and our custom sponsorship platform are based around rewards to patrons/sponsors, they cannot be classified as donations, so there are no changes to how those are taxed. So when German non-profits want to hand out merch in exchange for a specific donation amount, non-profit has to pay for-p…
I don't know about german regulations specifically, but based on my experience in other legal systems and my understanding of the announcement, i believe it means that because "patreon and our custom sponsorship platform" aim to reward individuals, they cannot be considered donations for the non-profit.
A non-profit may employ/contract people for specific tasks aligned with its goals, but rewarding people outside of such specific contract is closer to a "shareholder" model and incompatible with non-profit regulations. Of course, contributors to a non-profit may setup donation systems to pay their own bills, but that must not be advertised as donations "to the non-profit" (because that would be a lie), and they have to declare/pay taxes on that.
Funny that someone would take an alternative to Twitter and incorporate it in the western country that restricts speech the most.
What gives you the impression that "maximized free speech" is the goal of Mastodon?
> We only list communities that are committed to active moderation against racism, sexism and transphobia.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What gives you the impression that "maximized free speech" is the goal of Mastodon?
And as a hint about whether that is a goal, take a look at Mastodon's instance picker [1], which says: > We only list communities that are committed to active moderation against racism, sexism and transphobia. [1] https://joinmastodon.org/communities
Funny that someone would take an alternative to Twitter and incorporate it in the western country that restricts speech the most.
Restricted the most? What?
Some examples I did find:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/europe/germany-36-a...
And some other relevant links from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Germany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Germany
I am not a member of the Mastodon community and i have no clue to the veracity of these statements, but i believe they're worth considering in the topic of Mastodon changing governance model.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What gives you the impression that "maximized free speech" is the goal of Mastodon?
And as a hint about whether that is a goal, take a look at Mastodon's instance picker [1], which says: > We only list communities that are committed to active moderation against racism, sexism and transphobia. [1] https://joinmastodon.org/communities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance might be relevant to any discussion of "free speech".