For example, these guys are web developers and designers, what could possibly stop them from building it and putting on the web? Hardly the 25K pounds they are asking for.
I think the product is awesome, but I dont understand what you need the money for especially if they are boasting Open Source and not for profit.
Therefore, I like the trend of kickstarting open source project:
- the initial phase where you have to work hard and yet don't have a lot to show gets funded
- you are forced to think about it in terms of a product to attract backers
- there's less incentive to pivot the hosted platform into a user-tracking and data mining outfit later.
They do a kick starter today, what about tomorrow? not for profit doesn't mean they dont charge fees, I am sure they will charge. I am not belittling their efforts but they have all the required skills and enough financial ability (seems like they have held jobs previous to this) to pay for hosting till that can become a reality.
Your supporting arguments sound like, they were made up to back your purely contrary conclusion.
I see no contradiction.