What I was really trying to say is: NC GmbH and the so-called non-profit NC have different goalsā¦
NC GmbH is still in the āmove fast and break thingsā mode
A perfectly justifiable business modelā¦ To build a critical mass of users, features, money flow, etc.
The goal is the latter; the means are the formerā¦ The environment is ripe - everything GDPR related, the time is shortā¦
Nothing to do with the goals of a ānon-profit NCāā¦ Hence, it wonāt happenā¦
I also donāt think there ever will be a ācommunity editionā (one-time payment for a supported edition) releasedā¦ Just google on this forum for reaction on OnlyOffice $99 family edition releaseā¦
Even today we regularly read incessant b!tching about why NC does not release a native client for the future of everything: Apple Silicon; and a few days later why they dropped Windows 8 32 bitā¦
Now imagine those users would purchase the ācommunity editionāā¦ Now they feel entitled to be heardā¦ And acted upon their requirementsā¦ The cacophony on this forum would become unbearableā¦
NC is a commercial enterprise-level product. Sold for a monthly fee.
To keep up the fast pace of development and harness users input the source code is open.
But not the know-how! Enterprise features documentation is not freely available!
Donāt expect āpresentsā like Hansson VM with the signaling server built-in happen often!
I think this is a fair dealā¦