<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Strypey (Loomio)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:notifications@loomio.org">notifications@loomio.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 5:34 PM<br>Subject: [Commons Transition] Sandstorm abandons "open core" and becomes a community supported project<br>To: <a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>






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<p>According to a <a href="https://www.loomio.org/ahoy/messages/OKJld9uXcEqzxzAtKMvybbaCOMfLWTnW/click?signature=b13548d1a26f970a953e882914835fcaf50c404a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsandstorm.io%2Fnews%2F2017-02-06-sandstorm-returning-to-community-roots%3Futm_campaign%3Dnew_discussion%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dthread_mailer" target="_blank">Sandstorm project blog post</a> (Feb ,2017), Sandstorm have abandoned their “open core” business model, taken down their paywall, and liberated all their code. I think this is a great thing for the project, and for the world.</p>

<p>Sandstorm realised that they couldn’t build a commons-based business by selling stuff to “enterprise” (corporations). Even Enspiral are sometimes willing to use proprietary freeware (GITHub, Slack, Google Docs, Trello) rather than self-hosting libre replacements, despite the clash of values involved. Why would profit-centred companies spend money on a (partially) free code service when they can outsourcing their computing to The Stacks, and get a proprietary service gratis? The “open core” business model is the worst of both worlds, and it’s not the future of funding free code development.</p>

<p>Sandstorm would be better off looking at paying for dev costs by collecting regular, small contributions for sysadmins running their software, and the end users.  There are now a number of libre platforms for managing this, including <a href="https://www.loomio.org/ahoy/messages/OKJld9uXcEqzxzAtKMvybbaCOMfLWTnW/click?signature=28df8b917cbbd9aaf316995670ded43142718ca6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgratipay.com%2F%3Futm_campaign%3Dnew_discussion%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dthread_mailer" target="_blank">Gratipay</a>, <a href="https://www.loomio.org/ahoy/messages/OKJld9uXcEqzxzAtKMvybbaCOMfLWTnW/click?signature=8bdeadf2b65321585500162699148b4f703f0b62&url=http%3A%2F%2Fliberapay.com%2F%3Futm_campaign%3Dnew_discussion%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dthread_mailer" target="_blank">LiberaPay</a>, <a href="https://www.loomio.org/ahoy/messages/OKJld9uXcEqzxzAtKMvybbaCOMfLWTnW/click?signature=2a391c4422f627b26db73407b31c26e87f5b9c65&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopencollective.com%2F%3Futm_campaign%3Dnew_discussion%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dthread_mailer" target="_blank">OpenCollective</a>, and <a href="https://www.loomio.org/ahoy/messages/OKJld9uXcEqzxzAtKMvybbaCOMfLWTnW/click?signature=2fb36c74b9794195c7105ad7e64c98ea4c3c122c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsalt.bountysource.com%2F%3Futm_campaign%3Dnew_discussion%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dthread_mailer" target="_blank">Salt</a> (a BountrySource service).</p>

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