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Open Collective shutting down at the end of 2024 year? (self.opensource)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by pylapp to c/opensource

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“It is with a heavy heart that I'm writing today to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Open Collective Foundation (OCF) has made the difficult decision to dissolve OCF, effective December 31, 2024”.

More details in the hyperlink below.

https://daniel-lange.com/archives/186-Opencollective-shutting-down.html

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[–] parens 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

the fees we pay to the Open Collective Inc. tech platform

Umm... what?

[–] Kissaki 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

OCI does the platform hosting and development. OCF does the non-profit org work. OCF pays the OCI.

At least that's what I read from it.

I wouldn't be surprised if only weeks from now involved people announced a competing/new platform without this setup.

[–] parens 5 points 9 months ago

Honestly thought they'd be the same org. Having another company in the middle seems like a way to siphon funds.