From bb3e0290827e30e4a41e96ef48f7258b3aa351cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Mayer Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 23:57:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Hopefully last edit... Signed-off-by: Michael Mayer --- README.md | 29 +++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4990b618d..c3e31d856 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Go itself is a [great example](https://talks.golang.org/2015/simplicity-is-compl Our long-term goal is to become an open platform for machine learning [research](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/wiki/Research) based on real-world photo collections. +We're already in contact with data scientists who like our idea. ## How to contribute ## @@ -73,24 +74,20 @@ to receive regular project updates and discuss development related topics. Don't ## Free beer ## -This project is about freedom but not necessarily about free beer. We feel like it was a mistake on +This project is about freedom and privacy but not necessarily about free beer. We feel like it was a mistake on our side to state there will be no costs, because clearly we have huge expenses, your server hardware -is not for free and then maybe you'd like to have some extra features that need to be developed. +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 are also way more productive and effective -per dollar (or euro) than commercial projects. If you include development time, hardware and travel expenses, -we'll have spent $100k+ when this is done. - -You're invited to come to our place and work for free if you think time and travel expenses should not be counted. -Please also bring some free test devices and use the internet on your mobile phone while working 16 to 20 hours per day. -Just to give you an idea, please don't feel sorry for us! We're adults and are fully aware what we have gotten ourselves into. +It's fair to say that users with basic needs will have no monthly costs. We were also way more +productive and effective per dollar (or euro) than commercial projects 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. Basically all established OSS companies make 90% 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. -In our opinion it makes the most sense to finance this like all public infrastructure, our expenses are peanuts compared -to building a road. +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. In our opinion it would have made sense to finance this like all +public infrastructure, our expenses are peanuts compared to building a road. -Other specific solutions could be to... +Looking forward, specific solutions for funding development and maintenance could be to... - sell a tested & supported version in the app store while our contributors and other developers can continue to use Docker or build from source @@ -119,9 +116,9 @@ Thank you very much! <3 We spent weeks asking organizations like [The Prototype Fund](https://prototypefund.de/en/) for help and also tried to cooperate with companies like Mapbox and Cewe. -Some conversations were good without leading to a sponsorship yet. Others have given us the advice that what we -do "already exists in America". You would think it's easier to get a few dollars with -[our background](http://docs.photoprism.org/en/latest/team/) and a [working demo](https://demo.photoprism.org/). +Some conversations were good without leading to a sponsorship yet, others were a waste of time. +You would think it's easier to get a few dollars with [our background](http://docs.photoprism.org/en/latest/team/) +and [working code](https://demo.photoprism.org/). If any of those organizations changes their mind, they are welcome to [reach out to us](mailto:hello@photoprism.org).