Sidebar on the CRA, which was mentioned

Posted Oct 6, 2025 22:54 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Sidebar on the CRA, which was mentioned by paulj
Parent article: F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree

> What if someone approaches me and says "I could really use this feature, why don't you tell me how long it'd take you and how big a donation I should make to have you work on that exclusively?". Does the CRA kick in then?

> Where is the line?

Sorry Jon, but yes I would say this is at serious risk of crossing the line. You are entering into an agreement, a contract. "A donation in return for you committing to this feature" is not a donation. It's probably easy to avoid CRA liability - make the contract say you'll write the code, add it to the free software, and that's the end of your liability. But this is where I *would* get advice from a lawyer. One who SPECIALISES in the subject. After all, now you're being paid BY CONTRACT, you can pay for the lawyer :-)

Cheers,
Wol