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Thanks for cloning my company's product, we're flattered.

http://usefedora.com

(We're the ones who power courses like http://bitfountain.io)

Except yours isn't free.

Your "free" tier costs $1 + 10% per transaction, which is ridiculously expensive. Even Paypal doesn't rip me off that bad.

We actually drop the transaction fee once you're actually making money. Check it out: usefedora.com/pricing.

To your point, if there's a free tier with a transaction fee, doesn't that mean it's totally free to use? We handle all the hosting for you, so it's a little misleading to call this system free.

With Fedora, we make money when you do - which is an amazing alignment of incentives if you ask me. This really helps people who are just starting out and want to use a robust product. Right now folks using Fedora teach near 400,000 students in any language you can imagine.

Disclaimer, I Co-Founded Fedora and you have any questions, feel free to reach out conrad@usefedora.com.

Sure, but even if you find our pricing completely outrageous, that doesn't make it OK right?

Sure there are differences. It's still a blatant clone. OP could have at least created his own UI.

From the person who "cloned" your product.

I looked at a few self-hosted Online Course platforms, but they all wanted a monthly fee + transaction fees, which I think is excessive.

To be fair if it comes to pinching things your name seems familiar. I'm guessing you went with usefedora.com as getfedora.com was taken? :)

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