Re: [guadec-list] Re-considering expectnation web service

[Edd Dumbill <edd expectnation com>]

On 29 Dec 2007, at 17:16, John (J5) Palmieri wrote:

> alarms with FUD seekers.  A question I have is, is Edd's stuff all
> proprietary or is it Open Source code in which he provides a service
> over (i.e. Source Forge like)?  If that was the case I wouldn't even
> mind paying for Edd's services.

It's all proprietary right now. Open sourcing is a possibility for the  
future, but it's not likely to happen in 2008.
If you like what you see this year, it's definitely a conversation to  
have. I'd hate to see the foundation waste time on reimplementing what  
we've got, and there might be avenues to explore; and if Expectnation  
settles on a business model that will accommodate our code being open  
sourced, we'd love to do that.

I do believe passionately in open access to your own data. Baris  
already mentioned our baseline pledge to give all your data back, and  
furthermore this year we're building out our API and interface points.  
GUADEC could well provide useful motivation and use cases for data  
exports, etc.

For what it's worth, OSCON will be using Expectnation this year.

As I've said to Ross and Baris, I don't have time to engage in  
argument about the use of proprietary services (despite the glaring  
inconsistency; do such people refuse to use Google?).

My offer stands to GNOME because it's a project I love and want to  
support as much as possible. But what I don't want to do is either  
waste buckets of time of futile argument, or otherwise damage my  
livelihood simply by trying to help.

And clearly, I understand the problems you face, and won't take any  
offence at this offer being declined either.

-- Edd

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