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In the case of donations, soliciting donations in any way is illegal in Finland for private persons and companies. That also makes things like YouTube's sponsor button, GitHub Sponsors, etc. nonstarters.

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It's illegal without a permit or a written notification to a police department, it seems:

https://poliisi.fi/en/money-collections

The permit cannot be obtained for private persons or companies at all, only for non-profit associations. The "small-scale money collection" that can be done with a written notification is possible for private persons, but also has limits:

* Max 10,000 € per round

* Max 3 months per round

* Max 2 rounds per year

* Needs a group of at least 3 persons to organise

Sounds like a birds' home. Respect!

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