Has Matt considered licensing the Mefi code to interested parties?

October 27, 2001 3:12 PM

As a revenue stream, has Matt considered licensing the Mefi code to interested parties who might want to set up a subject specific version at their own sites? The grandest thing about all this are speed and flexibility, a gift in comparisson to the message boards offered elsewhere...
posted by feelinglistless to MetaFilter-Related at 3:12 PM (3 comments total)

ummm, there is a ton of mostly free code out there already that does this sort of thing (ben brown's discuss, slashcode, etc)

you might not find the exact mefi feature set, but you dont have to pay for it either, and it doesn't require coldfusion server ($$$)

posted by sawks at 11:16 PM on October 27, 2001

feelinglistless: scroll down the About page to "Supporting Metafilter":

"If you'd like to partner with MetaFilter, license the code, buy it outright, or hire me to build a similar site, email me and we can discuss terms".

There's a lot of other interesting stuff there too.


posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:26 AM on October 28, 2001

feelingidiotic
posted by feelinglistless at 1:31 AM on October 28, 2001