From 09cbba4635718a6b2e286b09dd0cb63e89ff6d21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Blin?= <sebastien.blin@savoirfairelinux.com> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:08:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] faq: re-write how can SFL afford to give Jami away for free Change-Id: I2bc92ec1574c873cf7e6dcbeb143887391f6323b GitLab: #11 --- user/faq.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/user/faq.rst b/user/faq.rst index 674337e5..638446ba 100644 --- a/user/faq.rst +++ b/user/faq.rst @@ -203,12 +203,24 @@ Jami also uses an algorithm to change the consumption depending of the quality of the link. So, the bitrate can have a minimum of 200 Kbit/s and maximum of 6 Mbit/s. -How can SFL afford to give Jami away for free? How does/will SFL make money off Jami? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Summary: ethical company, they will make money supporting managed Jami -solutions for organizations; their main source of income is elsewhere; -all Jami code is GPLv3+; etc. etc. +How can Savoir-Faire Linux (SFL) afford to give Jami away for free? How does/will SFL make money off Jami? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +[Savoir-Faire Linux](https://savoirfairelinux.com/) (SFL) is a consulting company with some R&D projects. +Jami is a GPLv3+ project and this will not change. Savoir-Faire Linux already sells services +for several fields of expertise (hosting, developing websites and applications, embedded +software, etc). Jami is financed several ways: + ++ [Donations](https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=MGUDJLQZ4TP5W) ++ Customization contracts ++ Services for other projects ++ Visibility ++ R&D ++ https://jami.biz + ++ As a distributed system, Jami incurs very low costs by design ++ Opt-in collection of anonymized statistics might be added in the future to better understand +Jami usage; however, no personal data will be collected. Account management -- GitLab