Hi! Now that I received a BRCK, I discovered that it is made by Brck inc., a for-profit company. Am I the only one who feels tricked by Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit? If I cite from from the campaign:
> Who are we? > Ushahidi, is a non-profit technology company that builds open source > software, tools that democratize information for ordinary people. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1776324009/brck-your-backup-generator-for-the-internet I found this blog post explaining that: > BRCK’s founding team has a long history of making an impact – from Ushahidi > to the iHub. BRCK is of the same ethos as these other ventures, but a > different business model. BRCK is a for-profit company. http://www.brck.com/2014/07/ But this was nowhere explained in the Kickstarter campaign. It seems Kickstarter campaign was misleading? http://forums.brck.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-feels-tricked-by-the-kickstarter-campaign-thinking-that-brck-will-be-non-profit/297 Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
