# Towards a Stronger OpenNebula Community **URL:** \ **Category:** Engage\ **Created:** [June 4, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/towards-a-stronger-opennebula-community/8506 "2020-06-04T10:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![amarti](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/amarti/32/6290_2.png) [@amarti](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/amarti)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/towards-a-stronger-opennebula-community/8506/43 "2020-06-29T07:56:55Z")
Thank you all for your questions, comments and suggestions. Let me clarify some aspects of the new policy we put in place earlier this month: 1. As already mentioned in the original [announcement](https://opennebula.io/introducing-opennebula-enterprise-edition/), it is our understanding that _ **the original concept of open source has to be adapted** to the current circumstances because it is profoundly unfair for the community when large corporations adopt a successful open source project without contributing to make the project sustainable in the long term_. 2. We are **not adopting an “open core” model** here, because what OpenNebula Enterprise Edition brings along is basically a _more tested, hardened, and production-ready version of OpenNebula that incorporates additional bug fixes developed by OpenNebula Systems and software patches with minor enhancements_. **OpenNebula CE is a full-featured version** , and comes with the same functional components and product features, but follows a separate maintenance cycle (with the CE one based on community contributions). For more details, please read our [Release Policy](https://github.com/OpenNebula/one/wiki/Release-Policy). 3. The OpenNebula Community Edition is released under **Apache License 2.0** , and our commitment to the [Open Source Definition](https://opensource.org/osd) remains intact. Users of OpenNebula CE retain all the rights that this license has always provided, including the option to use a specific version of the product **for as long as they want**. Just a reminder: open source licenses protect _both_ users’ and developers’ rights and freedoms. 4. Corporate users with an active [OpenNebula Subscription](https://opennebula.io/subscriptions/) will have access to the EE migrator packages, among other benefits that we think they deserve due to their commitment to the project. For more details, and access to an **online pricing calculator** (which has always been public, btw), visit [https://opennebula.io/get-upgrade/](https://opennebula.io/get-upgrade/). As you can see, our pricing model is simple and clear, and it’s based on two key components: the type of front-end deployment, and the type and number of managed nodes. It is described in our [web page](https://opennebula.io/subscriptions/) and in our [Subscription Guide](https://support.opennebula.pro/hc/en-us/articles/208381403-OpenNebula-Subscription-Guide). As it happens, in a few days we’ll be publishing a **new series of datasheets** showing the savings that OpenNebula provides in comparison with VMware and OpenStack vendors… 5. Regarding the upgrade process for the OpenNebula CE, we have indeed announced that _migration packages will be available for users with **non-commercial deployments or significant contributions to the OpenNebula Community** _. Translation: companies that make money with OpenNebula, and therefore benefit directly from the work we do as an open source project, are from now on expected to give _something_ back, either via [OpenNebula Subscription](https://opennebula.io/subscriptions/) or with some **significant contribution to the code**. This sounds just fair to us, although we understand that it puts some pressure on companies that until now assumed Free Software was _free_ (as in free beer), and didn’t see any benefit in engaging with the OpenNebula community. 6. Regular users can always **get access to the CE migrators** via [https://opennebula.io/get-migration/](https://opennebula.io/get-migration/) We provide these in good faith, so companies or individuals that, instead of trying to find a way to contribute to the project and its community, decide instead to use or distribute the migrator packages in violation of the [OpenNebula Software License Agreement for Non-Commercial Use](https://support.opennebula.pro/hc/en-us/articles/360044411891-OpenNebula-Software-License-Agreement-for-Non-Commercial-Use) must know that they would be liable to legal action. To wrap up: as we announced earlier this year in our traditional [Year in Review](https://opennebula.io/opennebula-2019-year-in-review/) blog post, the OpenNebula project is in the middle of an exciting turning point. We are incorporating **amazing new features** to the product, and consolidating its positioning as a **powerful enterprise-ready platform for private, hybrid and edge clouds**. Through the EU-funded [OneEdge](https://oneedge.io/) project, we are creating a pioneering open source **Edge Computing** platform, which is playing a key role in our [approach towards serverless computing](https://opennebula.io/opennebula-kubernetes-comparing-two-container-orchestration-models/) based on a unified orchestration of **VMs, system containers and application containers**. The policy change we adopted in early June is intended to **deliver more value** to regular users and to the increasing number of **corporate users and companies that decide to establish an active commitment to the project** and engage with its community. Companies with a **Corporate Social Responsibility approach towards open source** , and in particular towards the OpenNebula project, are the ones that we believe really deserve to benefit from our work. As simple as that. … PS - Users with non-commercial deployments or with significant contributions to the OpenNebula community, please **get your CE migrator packages by submitting this simple online form** : [https://opennebula.io/get-migration/](https://opennebula.io/get-migration/) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/towards-a-stronger-opennebula-community/8506)._