We're an open source project, remember. 'product development' happens in the open. ownCloud, Inc. is not involved other than allowing some of their employees (

We're an open source project, remember. 'product development' happens in the open. ownCloud, Inc. is not involved other than allowing some of their employees (me incluis) to spend some time on this, even though it isn't interesting for customers at all. See http://blog.jospoortvliet.com/2015/12/western-digital-labs-and-owncloud.html http://blog.jospoortvliet.com/2015/12/western-digital-labs-a... so, on your last point: yes. As in - WD will ship the hardware, and the software comes from volunteers - or not at all. IF this turns out successful (as in, the first batch of devices has great software and sells out in 2 weeks so a second, much bigger batch is made) we'll talk to WD about sharing some of their profit with the community. Until then, there is only costs for all involved and we're not asking for financial donations to cover that. Isn't that cool?