gEDA-user: Funding for server

2010-03-15 Thread John Griessen
Peter Clifton wrote: It wouldn't take many people willing to contribute £2 per month (say), to fund a server, but getting infrastructure set up to make this kind of donation would be a pain. There is chipin.com ChipIn does not charge any fees to organizers and contributors of events that

Re: gEDA-user: Funding for server

2010-03-15 Thread Windell H. Oskay
I find adverts generally annoying. That's fair enough. There are better alternatives than advertisements to get the website funded. Yes and no. I'm certainly willing to chip in, and so is my company. However, one-time contributions are things need to be negotiated or processed on a

Re: gEDA-user: Funding for server

2010-03-15 Thread John Luciani
Popup ads and ads intermixed with gEDA content would be distracting but I don't believe that is what is being suggested. A sidebar of text ads does not seem bad. Occasionally useful and easy to ignore. (* jcl *) -- You can't create open hardware with closed EDA tools. twitter: