Ask HN: My OS project is taking off. How to balance competing for-profit users?
I'm happy to help get it going but unsure how much I want to be involved in the long run. Anyone have advice or links on setting up the governance structure of the non-profit to fairly balance the interests of commercial, non-commercial (including Edu) and individual stakeholders in the long-run?
Legally, I'm getting a good law firm involved, so I'm most interested in stuff like how setting it up well can help the community grow vs fragment. How can I most effectively use my influence to set the right tone and expectations? Are there risks I should try to mitigate? For example, a commercial deployer using their involvement in the governance of the non-profit to unfairly disadvantage smaller deployers or non-commercial users?
I want to minimize the odds of future drama and maximize the odds that I'll feel good about what I made growing and helping people.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 21.5 ms ] threadWhat I created isn't traditional code. It's a structured process for doing something that includes frameworks, checklists, lots of written text in well-designed layouts with infographics, flowcharts, images, quizzes and videos. Commercial deployers are either implementing it as a web-delivered service or as physical materials (eg books, worksheets, posters).