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From the Hapi Slack: > eran 6:38 PM > Over the past few years I have tried many different ways to keep my work on the hapi ecosystem sustainable. I was tryin
by jeremiahlee 6y ago
From the Hapi Slack:
> eran 6:38 PM
> Over the past few years I have tried many different ways to keep my work on the hapi ecosystem sustainable. I was trying to secure enough funds to keep the lights on but also to innovate and improve the framework. This has worked well for a while but over the past year both commercial licenses and sponsorship dropped to an all time low. At the current funding level I can only address critical issues and keep things stable. It doesn’t allow me to invest in the future of the framework, add meaningful new features, or keep up with community support.After 5 years of working outside of a major company, I have reached the point where I am no longer finding this work rewarding. The resources available do not allow me to spend the kind of quality time needed to have a meaningful engagement with this project. I no longer believe that this can be fixed or reversed. Go through another round of begging people for money in hope of another year or so for project runway is not appealing to me.I don’t know exactly how this will unfold. I plan to communicate this to the wider hapi community over the next few days to start a conversation and see what’s the best way for me to bring this project to an appropriate conclusion. This channel is the beginning of this process. While I am not expecting others to take over the work, I have not ruled that out yet.I want you to know that regardless of how this ends up, I am going to keep supporting the project until the end of the year. After that, I am going to offer some kind of continued commercial support for at least 2 years. I still need to work out the plan for what that support looks like and make sure that it is priced in a way that allows me to offer it.
- jiofih 6y agoThis is the death of open-source. This is not open-source software. And exactly why OSS needs to exist - true community projects that are not dependent on sponsors or have any strings attached. I hope we find a way back there.
- jeremiahlee 6y agoI hope Hapi and Joi can find a home in the Open JS Foundation.
- detaro 6y agoThe more important question is: is there a community around it that will develop and support it? that's what makes or breaks a project, and isn't something you get by joining a foundation.