From 5032d6915dbf8c267f5309b5623af09b7caa20ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Mayer Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:32:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Shorten README.md --- README.md | 19 ------------------- 1 file changed, 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5a4f2a4bd..73dee8af9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -70,25 +70,6 @@ This project is about freedom and privacy but not necessarily about free beer. W would be a mistake to state there will be no costs, because clearly we have huge expenses, your server hardware will have a price tag and then maybe you'd like to have some extra features that need to be developed. -It's fair to say that users with basic needs will have no monthly costs. We were also way more effective -per dollar than investor-backed startups and learned a lot on top of it. -An earlier version of this document contained a rough number, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter. - -Most established OSS companies make the bulk of their revenue with enterprise customers, that's why private users -and single developers typically get everything for free. Obviously that doesn't work if you have only private users -that refuse to share their data on top of it. - -Looking forward, specific solutions for funding development and maintenance could be to... - - - provide additional benefits to our sponsors - - sell a tested & supported version in the app store while our contributors and other developers can - continue to use Docker or build from source - - develop a one-click solution for private cloud hosting together with selected providers we trust - - offer a geodata, public events, and maps subscription since OpenStreetMap doesn't want us to use their development - API for production, which is perfectly fine - -## Donations ## - You're most welcome to support us via [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/lastzero), especially if you have feature requests or need help with using our software. In addition, you can find us on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/photoprism)