How primitive should the alien technology be to exchange knowledge and culture?

In almost every sci fi alien trope there will be a directive whereby one of the general order states no spacecraft may interfere with the normal development of any alien life or society and is punishable by death.

Suppose humans have developed wrap drive and discovered a hospitable moon orbiting a Jupiter-sized gas giant in a distance star system, is there any criteria for these human explorers to assess whether should they reveal their presence and study the alien lifeforms or observe from a distance?

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