Welcome to Software Development on Codidact!
Will you help us build our independent community of developers helping developers? We're small and trying to grow. We welcome questions about all aspects of software development, from design to code to QA and more. Got questions? Got answers? Got code you'd like someone to review? Please join us.
The Codidact Foundation FAQ
What is Codidact?
Codidact is an open-source initiative to provide a high-quality, community-controlled, open source Q&A platform. Visit https://codidact.org to learn more about the platform we're building to empower anyone to host a Q&A community, or visit https://codidact.com to browse our family of hosted communities.
Who runs Codidact?
Users just like you! The software is built and hosted by volunteers who are passionate about the need for a community-driven Q&A site. Each site is moderated by a team of dedicated, experienced users who spend their time weeding out spam, coaching newcomers, and ensuring questions are on-topic and high-quality.
There is also a non-profit organization, known as The Codidact Foundation, who is responsible for keeping the servers running, handling donations, and making sure everything's running smoothly.
As of July 2020, the current organisation structure looks like this:
What does it mean that Codidact is community-controlled? What makes it different from any other Q&A site?
Most Q&A sites are run by companies whose primary goal is to make a profit for their shareholders. This leads to a situation where bringing in revenue can be more important than the health of the community using the site. On Codidact, the users control the communities they use, so there's no conflict of interest between quality and the bottom line.
What license do my posts fall under?
Most posts fall under CC BY-SA 4.0. Some communities or contributors may use a license that more closely aligns with the content posted or their ideological position. Check a community's licensing help page for site-specific details.
How can I contribute?
The best way to contribute is by joining a community and submitting quality questions and answers! If you want to join our technical team, check out our GitHub repositories to get started.
If you would like to contribute in a more financial manner, we have a donations system set up so you can donate directly from the network itself. You can also sponsor us on GitHub. We appreciate each and every donation, and you can find a list of previous donations on the Foundation Donations page.
