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So it's not open source yet?

It's still in the early stages of development. We're currently fundraising so that we can work on it full time. All code will be pushed to GitHub as we write it.

I don't see this in the FAQ: the magic that makes all of this happen (which you're integrating) is technology built by other developers. Why should we be supporting you to do this work rather than the other developers who broke ground and already did a majority of the heavy lifting?

Docker was a big piece of the puzzle. I worked with DotCloud to make Docker happen and we're involved in that community quite heavily. There's still a lot more work to do, otherwise we would not be bothering with a campaign like this.

Not to discount your work, but the way I see it: the kernel (e.g. cgroups, namespaces) and the corresponding lxc work dwarfs anything docker brought to the table. This project smells like a campaign to get a product funded.

Considering LXC support will soon be a module to Docker and not core, I'm not sure you understand what value Docker adds. Just as there is value added all the way up the stack.

Regarding the product funding remark, that's not the intention, though with the license anybody could build a product with this project. I'm not convinced that's a bad thing.

I'eve been sketching out something that is beginning to sound similar to me. Looking forward to seeing what you've already produced.

@titanous Jonathan Rudenberg Are you the only developer on this project currently? Sorry, just found your FAQ is at the bottom of the page and the question I had was on the bottom right corner ;)

Just in case someone is too lazy to look it up himself: He's not alone and teamed up with Jeff Lindsay.

Nope, Jeff Lindsay (http://progrium.com) is the other half of the team.

Tent and now Flynn. You are building some foundational pillars that have the potential to empower a lot of people. Great work!

thanks!

Some of the components or some of the early validation of the types of components are already open source in the project Dokku.

I'd like the headline changed. Nothing in the headline or the url makes it sound like it's a funding page.

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