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mjl- / mox

modern full-featured open source secure mail server for low-maintenance self-hosted email
https://www.xmox.nl
MIT License
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Sponsoring and future of mox #205

Open morki opened 3 months ago

morki commented 3 months ago

Hi @mjl-,

I just wanted to start discussion about the future of mox.

In README there is written:

Mox will receive funding for essentially full-time continued work from August 2023 to August 2024 through NLnet/EU's NGI0 Entrust, see https://nlnet.nl/project/Mox/.

The August 2024 is now :)

Did you receive any other founding for mox? If not, do you have any future plans?

I don't want to create any pressure on you :)

I personally cannot help with coding, but was thinking about some other form of support, like regular monthly donations.

Are you open to Github Sponsors or other platform? I think project like mox with 3.4k stars will find some sponsors :)

exander77 commented 3 months ago

Yes, this project looks very well.

mjl- commented 1 month ago

Hi morki & exander77! Indeed the funding period is officially over, though I think I can continue with the current funding for a few more months. I also requested new funding through NLnet, but haven't heard back yet (I know they are very busy). There's no hurry, I've also been busy with a few other projects I wanted to spend time on. I hope to get back to more focused development on mox soon. There's plenty to do.

I briefly looked into enabling github sponsors in the past, and read a bit about it (and about funding for open source software in general). I think people recommend setting up tiers, and perhaps offering something with those tiers. If anyone has experience/tips, let me know. (:

Whatever happens with sponsoring, I'll continue developing mox. I could always do more part-time freelance work. The only downside is that it leaves a bit less time in the week to develop on mox, so progress may not be as fast.

morki commented 1 month ago

Hey, I am not a fan of some tiers and some offers, but it can be tiers if you want, I don't care really.

The reason is only to build some financial budget for mox, to continue development of this exciting software (and awesome support in issues with every problem we encountered).

Another way I heard was successfull was joining FUTO, which was done by Immich and it worked pretty well for them.

In any way, you can start by enabling github sponsors in this project (if it does not hurt the potential NLnet founding) to help us "say thank you" in some other way than only github star or nice comment in issues.

Personally for me, we was paying $21.6 monthly for 3 users on Google mail services on custom domain and don't think it's right to not pay the same to help with maintanance of mox :)