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<html>
<head>
<title>Fair-code</title>
<meta name="description" content="A sustainable software model for 2020 and beyond.">
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<body>
<div class="content-wrapper">
<h1>Fair-code</h1>
<div class="menu">
<a href="#principles">Principles</a>
<a href="#faq">FAQ</a>
<a href="#licenses">Licenses</a>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>
</div>
<div class="description">
<div class="text">
Fair-code is not a software license. It describes a software model where software:
</div>
<ul>
<li>is generally free to use and can be distributed by anybody</li>
<li>has its source code openly available</li>
<li>can be extended by anybody in public and private communities</li>
<li>is commercially restricted by its authors</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section principles" id="principles">
<h2>Fair-code Principles</h2>
<div class="content">
<div class="principle">
<h3>Free and Sustainable</h3>
<div>
A sustainable software model for 2020 and beyond, we believe it is possible to respect the
principles of freedom without being ideological. The fair-code software model promotes the
use of profit as a means to continue development of software in a way that is compatible
with their author’s short and long-term economic intentions. Although there are many
successful projects which have traditionally worked as communities of unpaid professionals
and experts, fair-code attempts to create a level playing ground for software authors of
all backgrounds, including those that would like to make a living off of their work.
</div>
</div>
<div class="principle">
<h3>Open but Pragmatic</h3>
<div>
We desire open specifications, discussion, and collaboration. All of these are good practice
and help the software improve and the community grow.
</div>
</div>
<div class="principle">
<h3>Community meets Prosperity</h3>
<div>
We want people to make money off of their software, but we recognize that the community benefits
from a project's economic success. Within fair-code, creators have the exclusive right of
commercializing their work, ensuring long-term profitability. Companies that wish to
commercialize
the software can contact the author and form a business relationship that benefits both parties!
</div>
</div>
<div class="principle">
<h3>Meritocratic and Fair</h3>
<div>
We believe that authentic meritocracy is still possible in software, and that software authors
and contributors should be respected and have influence for their contributions to a project.
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section faq" id="faq">
<h2>Fair-code FAQ</h2>
<div class="content">
<div class="question">
<h3>What does fair-code mean to me as a user of fair-code software?</h3>
<div>
Fair-code projects can be used totally free: privately, and even within a company with 10,000
employees. If they, however, want to commercialize it and charge people money for a, for
example,
hosted version or do consulting, restrictions may apply. The restrictions can be different
depending on the license and cost structure which the project uses.
</div>
</div>
<div class="question">
<h3>Why fair-code?</h3>
<div>
There is currently an economic disconnect between the people who create a project and put the
most work in and the people who want to make money using it. Fair-code can ensure that projects
are long term financially viable for their authors to continue and implement new features, or at
least somewhat economically advantageous to their authors should their software succeed. It’s
not that they should share all of the profit with the authors, but that fair-code attempts
to ensure profitable business relationships which benefits both persons and/or companies.
</div>
</div>
<div class="question">
<h3>What is “fair” about taking away the right to commercialize?</h3>
<div>
One way of making software more fair is by allowing developers to profit. Many companies today
invest resources into taking an existing project and copying the ongoing work of the project
creators; afterwards, creating and maintaining a hosted version using their code. In a fair
circumstance, should they benefit from using the software, they could add certain features,
fix bugs and support the community of users enjoying the product. In many cases they do, but
fair-code ensures that this can happen by bringing businesses to the negotiation table when it
comes to commercializing
software.
</div>
</div>
<div class="question">
<h3>How does fair-code relate to open-source or free software?</h3>
<div>
We see fair-code as an alternative model which addresses key concerns which open-source and free
software currently fail to address. We support the community at large, and it is strongly
encouraged that fair-code projects donate and contribute to likely more financially strained
free and open source siblings if possible. As fair-code is adopted by software projects, more
people who appreciate open-source and free software will have the financial means to support the
open-source projects that they rely on.
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section licenses" id="licenses">
<h2>Fair-code licenses</h2>
<div class="content">
<div>
The following existing licenses meet all the fair-code requirements and projects using any of them
can use the "fair-code" term.
</div>
<ul>
<li>
Commons Clause with any OSI approved open-source license<br />
<a href="https://commonsclause.com" target="_blank">https://commonsclause.com</a>
</li>
<li>
Confluent Community License<br />
<a href="https://www.confluent.io/confluent-community-license/" target="_blank">
https://www.confluent.io/confluent-community-license
</a>
</li>
<li>
Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2)<br />
<a href="https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license/" target="_blank">
https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license
</a>
</li>
<li>
Sustainable Use License<br />
<a href="https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE.md" target="_blank">
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE.md
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="disclaimer">
There is no affiliation between fair-code and any of the above organizations!
</div>
</div>
<div class="section contact" id="contact">
<h2>Contact</h2>
<div class="content">
<div>
If you have fair-code related questions or you want to be involved contact us.<br />
We love to get feedback to improve fair-code even further!<br />
<small>(List in alphabetical order)</small>
</div>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/janoberhauser/" target="_blank">
<i>Jan Oberhauser</i> (Berlin, Germany)
</a><br />
CEO and creator of <a href="https://n8n.io" target="_blank">n8n.io</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jan@faircode.io">jan@faircode.io</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-malac-b4b5666a/" target="_blank">
<i>Kenneth Malac</i> (San Jose, USA)
</a><br />
CEO of <a href="https://paradigminteractive.io" target="_blank">Paradigm Interactive, Inc.</a><br />
<a href="mailto:kenneth@faircode.io">kenneth@faircode.io</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div>
Or best via Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/faircode_io" target="_blank">(@faircode_io)</a> and
Github <a href="https://github.com/faircode-io/faircode" target="_blank">(faircode-io)</a>!
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