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        <h2 class="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
        <h4>Does your software do e-commerce?</h4>
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        No. This is "back-office" software, for running an economic network. So far, people have enjoyed creating their own e-commerce
        sites, using the many open-source products that do that well. We might add that feature if anybody wants it and we think it can be done
        better in some way.
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        <h4>Does your software have [some other feature that it does not have]?</h4>
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        We only add features that an active network wants. So if nobody wanted it so far, it does not have it. Beyond that, we are
        constrained by time and skills. See next question, too.
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        <h4>Does your software do mobile?</h4>
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        No. The current programmers have never done that. Our software is all Web, and not mobile-friendly. We'd love to have somebody do that
        who knows how. We'd provide APIs.
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        <h4>Your app is huge! Didn't you get the memo about Minimum Viable Product?</h4>
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        Yes, but we deleted it. We're doing Maximally Viable Project: all the features that our networks need, to the best of our abilities.
        And we're not doing a Product. Remember the previous questions? Do you want all those features we do not have, or do you
        want minimal? Make up your minds, people!
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        <h4>Even so, we need [some other feature that you do not have].</h4>
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        If it makes sense in our scope, we'll put it on
        <a href="https://github.com/valnet/valuenetwork/issues?labels=&page=1&state=open" target="_blank">the list</a>.
        Or if you are on github, you can put it on the list.
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        <li>
        Lots of people are doing related projects. We want to internetwork with them.
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        It's all open source. Jump in, the water's fine!
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        <h4>So what are you actually trying to do? What's your focus?</h4>
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        We start from the stage where some group of people have decided to make something together that might bring them some income.
        Then we try to track and coordinate all of their activities in making something, and distribute the income to the contributors.
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        <h4>So where do the "human and ecological needs" fit into making something that might make some money?</h4>
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        We're living in a transitional stage, where people still need money to live. Open source projects often have lots of volunteer
        contributions. Then some company makes money off the project, but does not give back to the contributors. We've seen it happen.
        We've been the contributors. We are trying to fix that problem, so the income gets distributed democratically to all contributors.
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        We're talking to some other people who are
        focused on registering human and ecological needs. We want to work with them
        so that when some people in their software decide to do something together to meet some of those needs,
        they can use our software to coordinate their activities. And then go back to them for the next needs.
        We are both open source on the open Web, and we want people to be able to move easily back and forth.
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        <h4>Don't you know that the Web is for old geezers? The cool young things only use phones and apps.</h4>
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        Well, yeah, we do know that. But we are old geezers, and we've seen all this before. The Web will draw the phones and apps back in.
        Everything must internetwork.
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        <h4>Can normal businesses use the Value Network software?</h4>
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        Yes. It would work very well for joint ventures, for which no other good inexpensive software exists.
        And we would love to see it used for local economic networks that include local small businesses.
        We've been talking to some people about creating Local Business Ecosystems that could use the software
        to coordinate, aggregate, and in general increase local resiliency.
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        However, the license we use requires that if you are a profit-making enterprise, you pay for the software.
        We don't know how much that would cost, but we would negotiate. And if you are a local economic network
        that includes normal small businesses in a publicly beneficial way, you would get a pass.
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