I mean no disrespect here when I say that I have tried IRC anywhere and it is quite good, but as I'm sure you're aware the code maintainability is limited at be

I mean no disrespect here when I say that I have tried IRC anywhere and it is quite good, but as I'm sure you're aware the code maintainability is limited at best. There are workarounds, hacks and shortcuts taken here and there. Im not saying a full rework would be required but there are some of the fundamental issues to be taken care of. If a team was willing to take it over (should the current owner allow), it would require a substantial investment of time. Would the current owner // maintainer be open to the possibility of monetisation of a particular feature set // plugin system ? Something like own-cloud, whereby you could purchase a monetisation version to which you could have paying clients on your deployment. While the free version would not have this particular feature. Thoughts ? Edit: The paid feature may also have the associated mobile app also etc. You'd be surprised the interest and community you would accumulate with a financial incentive.