The original context in which I started thinking about this was a discussion of a new site feature. I knew there was a small team of developers, I was pretty sure they weren’t being paid full-time developer salaries, and was thinking about rules or systems to decide on things like that.
(I’m a big fan of a loose ‘whatever the developers are willing to implement and maintain’ as the sole filter on what gets done for non-commercial projects.)
Thinking bigger picture, I realized I didn’t know how the LW team was being funded, if (or how much) it’s being funded, how it’s organized ‘formally’ (e.g. as a non-profit), etc..
I also realized I didn’t know how or whether the site data was being backed-up, whether those backups were publicly available, etc.. (I’d still like to know about this, if only so I can archive my own copy of the site’s contents.)
The original context in which I started thinking about this was a discussion of a new site feature. I knew there was a small team of developers, I was pretty sure they weren’t being paid full-time developer salaries, and was thinking about rules or systems to decide on things like that.
(I’m a big fan of a loose ‘whatever the developers are willing to implement and maintain’ as the sole filter on what gets done for non-commercial projects.)
Thinking bigger picture, I realized I didn’t know how the LW team was being funded, if (or how much) it’s being funded, how it’s organized ‘formally’ (e.g. as a non-profit), etc..
I also realized I didn’t know how or whether the site data was being backed-up, whether those backups were publicly available, etc.. (I’d still like to know about this, if only so I can archive my own copy of the site’s contents.)