It's not really kyc . It's just standard procedure to claim Double tax treaty benefits.

You can look at the us W8-BEN

No it's just that the Indian company is required to withhold taxes . But they want to use the double taxation treaty to claim benefits to reduce it

These are perfectly normal requests .

These are needed to reduce withholding taxes and claim treaty benefits .

I'm not giving this kind of information over email ever. You better have some secure and compliant platform for me to submit these forms over or you can f off.

If you’re turning down meaningful amounts of money because you consider this information too sensitive to share, you are a crazy person.

I imagine they're willing to accept them a different way. That email doesn't even specifically ask for the forms to be emailed. It just says to "send them over".

Also, I'd argue there are ways to make it reasonably secure over email. An encrypted attachment with a securely pre-shared key doesn't seem too risky IMO.

These are very reasonable requirements .

These are just the requirements to claim treaty benefits . A little bit of research wouldn't hurt.

You have to fill out the Form-10f to claim treaty benefits for the reduction of withholding tax on services and royalties .

These are the requirements:

Tax Residency Certificate (TRC) (= extract from cantonal commercial register) • Non-Permanent Establishment Declaration (No PE Declaration) • Form 10F: If you are registered accordingly, Form 10F can be submitted online.

Source: https://www.s-ge.com/en/article/export-knowhow/2023-e-india-...

This is very unprofessional in my opinion how pocket base handled that issue as this is a perfectly reasonable request .

It's a similar to the W8-BEN non us resident aliens have to file .

> These are very reasonable requirements

Sure, but they weren't the original requirements under which he accepted the funds. He accepted the funds assuming GitHub was going to be the mediator.

The new requirements require him to disclose significantly more information about himself. Maybe he isn't comfortable doing that? I wouldn't call it unprofessional.

Exactly. I don't understand why so many people think the maintainer has some obligation to accept the funds even when they aren't comfortable doing so. The terms of engagement changed. The decision changed. If they want to forgo the money, they have every right to forego the money.

The maintainer has no obligation to accept funds. But the maintainer does have an obligation not to post that they "lost their funding" from FLOSS when it is they themselves who have refused it (on whatever grounds).

This isn't a simple grammar mistake by someone who may not use English as their first language. There is a blame game going on here which is the only unethical thing going on in the situation.

Possibly there should not be a front page article on the topic, though. With a title alleging worse than the facts substantiate.

Agree

Reminds me of this situation: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/business-44885...

Private or commercial pilot ?

Commercial

You are delusional

Have you even read the investigation?

They increased their prices substantially

Nope. Lite plan receives only same-tier model updates.

I don't see it as selectable my side either (opencode & max plan)

They updated it now

No luck here. Did you do anything specific to make it show / reauth or something?

ah nvm - found the guidance on how to change it