Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
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Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
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Re: Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
#2I think https://blog.opencollective.com/open-collective-official-sta... is a better link.
It also seems “Open Collective Foundation” is shutting down, and “Open Collective” is a super-organization which contains a lot of sibling organizations (“Open Source Collective”, “Open Collective Europe”). And most of the entities getting donations through OCF can simply move to other organizations (hopefully automatically keeping existing sponsors), although others have to find a non-OC organization because they have extra requirements? The whole situation seems strange and technical.
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#3Very tragic. We have GitHub sponsors of course but that's also obviously tied to a specific vendor that I'm sure many or some would like to avoid for various reasons.
Beyond the fact that I'm sure everyone currently receiving long running donation support is likely going to see massive drops in funding after finding a new provider.
Re: Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
#4I think https://blog.opencollective.com/open-collective-official-sta... is a better link. It also seems “Open Collective Foundation” is shutting down, and “Open Collective” is a super-organization which contains a lot of sibling organizations (“Open Source Collective”, “Open Collective Europe”). And most of the entities getting donations through OCF can simply move to other organizations (hopefully automatically keep…
Seems to me pretty simple - the "for profit" company behind the foundation (read: the for profit entity that charges the foundation as much as it can) charged too much so the foundation dissolved.
>Unfortunately, over the past year, we have learned that Open Collective Foundation's business model is not sustainable with the number of complex services we have offered and the fees we pay to the Open Collective Inc. tech platform.
It states it right there.
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#5Is there a list of the 600 "collectives" that need to migrate to continue accepting donations? Do any of them already have alternative donation methods?
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#6Too bad, I always saw Open Collective as one of the few options open-source developers (who are not supported by Big Tech) had to self-fund their work.
Curious what people think are the best alternatives now? I can think of GitHub Sponsors as well as creator-friendly tools like Patreon, Locals etc.
Re: Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
#7I think https://blog.opencollective.com/open-collective-official-sta... is a better link. It also seems “Open Collective Foundation” is shutting down, and “Open Collective” is a super-organization which contains a lot of sibling organizations (“Open Source Collective”, “Open Collective Europe”). And most of the entities getting donations through OCF can simply move to other organizations (hopefully automatically keep…
(this was originally posted to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39542039, which had a different link)
Re: Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
#8Too bad, I always saw Open Collective as one of the few options open-source developers (who are not supported by Big Tech) had to self-fund their work. Curious what people think are the best alternatives now? I can think of GitHub Sponsors as well as creator-friendly tools like Patreon, Locals etc.
Open Collective isn't shutting down - open-source funding is unaffected. The Open Collective _Foundation_ (OCF) appear to be part of the funding structure for open collective sponsorship of charitable but not necessarily open source organisations in the US, and only groups using the OCF to host their finances are affected.
Re: Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
#9Too bad, I always saw Open Collective as one of the few options open-source developers (who are not supported by Big Tech) had to self-fund their work. Curious what people think are the best alternatives now? I can think of GitHub Sponsors as well as creator-friendly tools like Patreon, Locals etc.
Its just one financial host that is closing down. Most open source is on a different host called "Open SOURCE Collective". The platform still stays and there is no need to migrate to something else for open source projects.
Re: Open Collective Official Statement – OCF Dissolution
#10Very tragic. We have GitHub sponsors of course but that's also obviously tied to a specific vendor that I'm sure many or some would like to avoid for various reasons. Beyond the fact that I'm sure everyone currently receiving long running donation support is likely going to see massive drops in funding after finding a new provider.
Its just one financial host that is closing down. Most open source is on a different host called "Open SOURCE Collective". The platform still stays and there is no need to migrate to something else for open source projects.