openvibers/openvibe.live Commits

Rebrand the money story across every site: open, not evil, reinvested

OP OpenVibers committed 16 Sept 2026 · 4ff568096f · 2 files, +9 −9

"Not-for-profit" and "operated with no profit motive" appeared on the home page, the terms and
the DMCA policy. It promised a legal status we have not filed for and, read plainly, ruled out
ever making money — which is not what we want to say and not what is actually true.

The story is the same everywhere now: open source, run in the open, funded by what the network
earns rather than by investors. What comes in goes back in — hosting first, then development,
then creator payouts, community events and prize pools. No investors, no selling the community
on, no dark patterns, and the analytics are public so nobody has to take our word for it.

Framed around being open and decent, which is true today, rather than around paperwork that may
never happen. Covers the home page section, the terms, and the DMCA page; the other properties
had no such copy to change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CMxJm1dB8rdsaMSgNjVa82

Changes

ddiff --git a/public/dmca.html b/public/dmca.html
iindex 38274aa0..c9d3f66d 100644
---- a/public/dmca.html
++++ b/public/dmca.html
@@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
      <!-- What we are -->
      <div class="section">
          <h2><i class="fa-solid fa-circle-info"></i> What We Are</h2>
--        <p>The OpenVibe Network (OpenVibe.Live, openvibe.tools, openvibe.games) is a community-driven project operated with no profit motive. We are an <strong>online service provider (OSP)</strong> under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We host user-generated content — live streams, VODs, clips, pastes, images, and other media created or uploaded by users.</p>
++        <p>The OpenVibe Network (OpenVibe.Live, openvibe.tools, openvibe.games) is a community-driven, open-source project. We are an <strong>online service provider (OSP)</strong> under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We host user-generated content — live streams, VODs, clips, pastes, images, and other media created or uploaded by users.</p>
          <p>We don't upload content ourselves. When users infringe, we act. That's the deal.</p>
      </div>
  
@@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
  
      <!-- Not legal advice -->
      <div class="info" style="margin-top:32px">
--        <strong>Not legal advice.</strong> This page summarizes our DMCA policy. For actual legal questions about copyright law, consult an attorney. We are a small community project operated with no profit motive, not a law firm.
++        <strong>Not legal advice.</strong> This page summarizes our DMCA policy. For actual legal questions about copyright law, consult an attorney. We are a small open-source community project, not a law firm.
      </div>
  
  </main>
ddiff --git a/public/tos.html b/public/tos.html
iindex 04a0e37f..e617cd8d 100644
---- a/public/tos.html
++++ b/public/tos.html
@@@ -297,18 +297,18 @@
      <!-- No warranty -->
      <div class="section">
          <h2><i class="fa-solid fa-triangle-exclamation"></i> No Warranty / Availability</h2>
--        <p>The OpenVibe Network is a <strong>community-driven project operated with no profit motive</strong> run on a shoestring. Services are provided as-is with no guarantees of uptime, reliability, or data preservation.</p>
--        <p>We are not currently a formally registered nonprofit organization. We operate this way by choice and intend to pursue formal 501(c)(3) status in the future — but right now we have no investors, no profit distributions, and everything collected goes toward keeping the servers on.</p>
++        <p>The OpenVibe Network is a <strong>community-driven, open-source project</strong> run on a shoestring. Services are provided as-is with no guarantees of uptime, reliability, or data preservation.</p>
++        <p>We are not a registered charity and we are not claiming to be one. What we are is open source, run in the open, and funded by what the network itself earns rather than by investors.</p>
          <p>We're in active development. Things break. Data might get wiped during alpha/beta phases (we'll warn you when we can). Don't bet your business on our uptime.</p>
          <p>We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or shut down any part of the platform at any time. If the whole thing goes down permanently, everything goes with it — we don't owe you data exports or compensation.</p>
      </div>
  
--    <!-- Not-for-profit path -->
++    <!-- Where the money goes -->
      <div class="section">
--        <h2><i class="fa-solid fa-seedling"></i> Not-for-Profit Path</h2>
--        <p>The long-term goal is to turn the OpenVibe into a real not-for-profit / public-benefit project. The short-term reality is that servers, storage, domains, and bandwidth all cost money right now.</p>
--        <p>In plain English: support exists to keep the network online, improve the platform, and eventually fund the legal setup needed to formalize it properly.</p>
--        <p>No investors. No profit distributions. No bait-and-switch into a soulless ad machine. Just trying to build something useful and keep it alive long enough to make it official.</p>
++        <h2><i class="fa-solid fa-seedling"></i> Where the Money Goes</h2>
++        <p>Servers, storage, domains and bandwidth cost real money, and free streaming is expensive to host. Whatever the network earns goes back into the network: keeping it online first, then development, then the creators and community events that make it worth using.</p>
++        <p>In plain English: support exists to keep the lights on, make the platform better, and put something back into the people who fill it.</p>
++        <p>No investors, no selling the community on to someone else, and no dark patterns. Every line of it is open source, and the site analytics are public — you do not have to take our word for any of this, you can go and look.</p>
      </div>
  
      <!-- DMCA -->