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Re:Support open source that you use by paying the maintainer... by Jiejeing on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:46PM (#30446972)
On the last case: I have received requests for consulting on my FOSS library, which I turned down because while I would love to live from it, I am currently employed in an exclusive contract and I don’t want to figure out how to declare this income to the tax office.

It is a bit of a pickle, either go full consulting on your FOSS product (which might not be realistic), or work in something unrelated for someone else, getting something in between is hard.

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Re:Support open source that you use by paying the maintainer... by alexcohn on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:54AM (#30453298)
"Exclusive contract" is often not merely a problem with income declaration, it may legally require that you can only get payed for your work if the exclusive employer explicitly permits this specific incident.
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