[Py4j-users] Professional Services for Py4J

[Barthelemy D. <bar...@in...>]

Hi Py4J users,

In the last years, I received several requests on GitHub or on my
private email to implement difficult or niche features or to provide
commercial support.

I’m happy to announce that the company that I work for, Resulto, has
agreed to provide professional services for Py4J. This means that (1)
if you want a feature to be implemented quickly, (2) a special license
that comes with support, or (3) custom integration with your code, you
can hire Resulto to do the job.

I, Barthelemy, **will not stop** developing Py4J for free, quite the
opposite. It’s just that I don’t have the time to invest on large or
niche features that require uninterrupted hours of R&D/thinking. In
the end, this should greatly benefit Py4J users because new features
will be introduced in the codebase and bugs will inevitably be fixed
along the way.

If you are interested in professional services for Py4J, please get in
touch with us at py...@re....


Short FAQ about this offer:

1. Will you stop supporting Py4J or implementing features for free?

No. I’ll continue with exactly the same schedule: intense bursts of
open source activity followed by answering bug reports and merging
pull requests only. If you want a complex feature to be implemented
and I don’t have the time on my personal time, you are welcome to
implement it and make a pull request.


2. If I hire Resulto to implement a feature, how does the copyrights
and licensing work?

Unless the feature integrates with a proprietary part of your system,
we prefer to make the work open source following Py4J’s implicit
contributor agreement [0].


3. Who is Resulto?

We are a small software development company [1] that started more than
a year ago. Our main product is a personalized marketing/customer
retention platform, LoyalAction [2]. We also offer professional
services to build custom platforms and infrastructure [3]. If you hire
Resulto to work on Py4J, I’ll likely lead the effort, but other
developers may also participate.


As a bonus, we are located in Canada, so our currency is extremely
cheap these days :-D


Do not hesitate to contact me (personal: bar...@in...,
work: py...@re...) if you have more questions or if you are
interested in the services Resulto can provide.

[0] https://www.py4j.org/contributing.html#license-and-copyrights
[1] http://www.resulto.ca/en/
[2] http://www.loyalaction.com/en/
[3] http://www.resulto.ca/en/services/

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