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Whoah, isn’t FUTO the non-profit that Louis Rossmann works for? This is great news!!
Funded by a (somewhat controversial) tech billionair, see a recent interview with him here: https://youtu.be/5UHF84gyVWg
I know nothing about this person, but on multiple occasions I’ve had the thought that if I was a gazillionaire, I’d sponsor a bunch of open source. Maybe this is that? I’ll choose to stay hopeful (though I’m kinda dumb about this sorta stuff)
Does it matter? At the end of the day it’s still money put in to open source.
Yes, because there’s a desire, conscious or unconscious, to keep that money flowing, which means pleasing the investor.
If that happens, it will be forked
Don’t Abuse the People We expect FUTO companies to have an honest relationship with their customers. Ideally revenue comes from customers paying directly for the services provided by company.
https://futo.org/what-does-futo-believe/
Good for the Immich guys, but I fear incoming enshittification or a subscription model.
Your quoted paragraph is the only sane alternative to the ad supported internet. Think Fastmail vs gmail - both are run for a profit, but fastmail’s business model is to simply sell subscriptions. Their incentives are better aligned with the consumer, and while nobody’s going to become a billionaire off the company I have to imagine that they have a very reliable customer base.
Good software should be paid for, devs gotta eat
Will the license change?
No. Immich will continue to be licensed under AGPL without a CLA.
good
What does it mean?
That the developers have more time to develop it.
