Hi Diego > Can you (or anyone) help clarify what the open collective funding project is > for Tiddlywiki on Fission?
Fission have a vision around open source communities using Open Collective as a way for members of the community to financially support the people making the software, and the infrastructure that the community uses. A sort of lightweight version of Kickstarter for crowdfunding the ongoing development of plugins and editions. It’s an area that has always interested me, but also gives me some nervousness. The challenge is that there is a paradox: at least speaking for myself, I’m not really doing all of this for money, the compulsion is deeper, and the true rewards are in the interactions I have with the community. But simultaneously, we all need money to survive. Happily, move adventurous people than me have been exploring this stuff for many years, which is how Open Collective came into existence, and the model seems to be enduring. TiddlyWiki on Fission gives us an opportunity to explore these ideas in real life. > https://opencollective.com/tiddlywiki-on-fission > > As in, > Who are we paying? The money is being held ready for distribution. > What are we paying for? That’s for us to decide > Are you getting that money? Emphatically not Jeremy, or Fission. This is Fission bootstrapping infrastructure on behalf of the community for us to explore and develop as we see fit. > If so, how much? > Is that also for general TW improvements? Or is it specific to TW-on-Fission? Our immediate goals are around TWoF, if things work well perhaps we’ll bring it to the main project. > Will this outlive the TW on fission project? Perhaps, it’s certainly really an independent initiative. > Is this the only (or just primary?) way to support you, the TW developer? At the moment, my “business model” is to do custom development and support work for a small number of clients. The contracts I do are fairly long term arrangements, on an ordinary commercial basis. It’s working well for me, so it’s not really a priority for me to move to a different model at the moment. I think the opportunity is for the broader community to explore the model > etc. > Im a bit confused, as I thought this was just another saver/platform for > hosting personal TWs. Yes, there’s a lot going on and I’m sure we could communicate it more clearly! The development work we’re doing on the saver is really the main story here at the moment. Best wishes Jeremy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/F13BEC06-F3F8-49F7-8FFA-3F1B6E86C8A4%40gmail.com.
