And as for the 'don't insult the monarch' law, we have that law here in NL and I purposefully broke it as a private individual to make a point.
The tax regime of every country in the world has no impact on me, I reside in NL, my businesses are here as well. But when I had several businesses in Canada and one in the USA I complied with the tax laws there too.
> The creator of Monal has decided the easiest way to be compliant with another country's laws is simply not to do business there, and I think you're underestimating the difficulty of the alternative (trying to comply with every country's laws).
He's taking the easy way out because there never was a real business behind this. This is my conclusion because he feels that his holidays are more important than the rights of his users.
Why should the creator of free software spend their own money to support users in a region that imposes extra regulations?
If I create free software that concretely and demonstrably aids in worldwide human trafficking and has negligible utility elsewhere, would you still consider my refusal to comply with regulation reasonable because my software was free?
How free the software is not a determining factor, either morally or legally, in determining whether or not the GDPR is or should be applicable.
You can hardly complain that someone who gave you something for free wasn't willing to spend their time or money to comply with additional demands.
But why would someone who is literally giving something away accept that liability, or even any perceived risk of liability, if they have an easier option?
All the laws, worldwide?
Are you in compliance with anti-blasphemy laws? Laws that forbid insulting the monarch? The tax regime of every country in the world?
The creator of Monal has decided the easiest way to be compliant with another country's laws is simply not to do business there, and I think you're underestimating the difficulty of the alternative (trying to comply with every country's laws).