[Discussion] Getting away from Mattermost to a FOSS fork

[Dazeilad]

Hi everyone,

I recently wanted to install Mattermost in order to use the Playbook feature for my little business. Then I discovered recent changes in the pricing policy of Mattermost, already notified here.

In short :

• 💸 Mattermost put previously free features behind paywalls (group calls and playbooks)
• 🚫 Mattermost hard-encoded a number limit to users and messages

Well, in my situation, I won't engage with a software that might loose accessible features in the future. I have the feeling Mattermost is turning back the open-source community and willing to prior cash flow over users interest. As a self-employed worker, I need to have control over my working tools and I can't afford investing in a software that may lure me with useful features then blackmail me on these. 👿

I discovered that Framasoft already forked Mattermost to remove the encoded user and messages limit : https://framagit.org/framasoft/framateam/mostlymatter
It may be a platform to welcome the open-source contributors disappointed by the new Mattermost policy.

I think that as a FOSS project, YuNoHost also has a role and could take position : do we want to support the new Mattermost policy, or do we want to promote a more ethic alternative ?
Or in other words : is it time to switch from Mattermost to Mostlymatter (or any other FOSS fork that may appear) ?

More info :

• Same discussion on the forum
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Mattermost/comments/1fjnykj/is_v10_the_practical_end_of_free_and_open_source/?rdt=46200
• https://forum.mattermost.com/t/feedback-on-collaboration-for-mission-critical-work/17563/37
• https://www.reddit.com/user/mattermost/