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> I hereby grant anybody the right to do consulting/support without prior permission as long as it is less than 30.000 USD per year. technical note: USD uses c
by masukomi 7y ago
> I hereby grant anybody the right to do consulting/support without prior permission as long as it is less than 30.000 USD per year.
technical note: USD uses commas to denote thousands. So, in USD 30.000 == $30 which isn't worth the time spent to do the research to pick up the first phone call.
Social note: in many US cities $30k isn't enough to survive. In the US it's certainly not enough to live _well_. So, you're basically saying "Hey, I give you permission to make an important contribution to the success and community of this project as long as you're willing to take an absolutely CRAP salary for it."
that's.... not really cool.
I don't think it should matter how much a support person can make supporting your project. The only way a support person will be crazy successful financially is if your tool is ALSO crazy successful. It's a mutually beneficial situation. Don't limit them. Their success is your success.
- tssva 7y agoIf you are running a consulting/support business and have your customer download the software then this clause is likely not even enforceable. You would not be distributing or running the software and therefore would not be subject to the terms of the license.
- janober 7y agoSorry for the confusion. The 30k was just some random amount to make it easy for most people. And did honestly not expect that a lot of people's income would come to 100% from n8n. Thought it would be one of multiple things they do and so 30k seemed like more than enough to cover the majority. Additionally did I not mean that they can ever make more. I simply wrote that up to that amount they do not even have to say anything. In the next sentence it additionally says: "If you have bigger things planned simply write an email to license@n8n.io."
- gault8121 7y agoThis is very reasonable, and great that you provided those clear guidelines! Too bad the poster above didn't provide the full quote. Great project!
- KajMagnus 7y ago> Their success is your success I guess so yes. At the same time, if someone installs and helps their customers with n8n, in addition to some other bigger more "main" things s/he does, then $30k can be fairly much? If it's not the contractor's main thing but a smaller part of his/her offerings? ... O.t.o.h. maybe s/he never gets really good at n8n if s/he won't focus on it full time.
- im3w1l 7y agoIf you think of $30k as the cap of the "free tier" it seems more generous.