The Open Collective Foundation is shutting down

Date:
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:32:40 +0000

Description:
The Open Collective
Foundation is an organization created to provide legal and financial
services for non-profit projects, many of which are associated with free software. Projects hosted there are now beginning
to report that the Open Collective Foundation will be shutting down at
the end of the year, with an unwinding process over that time. 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. In late 2023, we made the decision to pause accepting new
collectives in order to create space for us to address the
issues. Unfortunately, it became clear that it would not be
financially feasible to make the necessary corrections, and we
determined that OCF is not viable. Some more information can be found in the Dissolution FAQ . Note
that the Open Collective Foundation is distinct from Open Source Collective , which has hastened
to point out that it remains in operation as before, and both are
distinct from the Open Collective platform.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/963958/


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