Re: Google ads on Gnome pages?

[Ross Golder <ross golder org>]

Lars probably meant to 'Reply all' :)

Lars Clausen wrote:
> Ross Golder sagde:
> > Quim Gil wrote:
> > > Do we have an estimation of the money those ads could bring to the
> > > GNOME Foundation? This is the essential question anybody asks about
> > > advertisement plans. I might rectify if those ads turn to be a
> > > remarkable source of income for the project.
> > He wasn't specific, but my impression was that Lars was asking whether
> > individual projects could place the ads on the pages related to their
> > project to generate funding for *their* project, not for the Foundation
> > as a whole. Lars, please can you clarify?
>
> That was my plan, indeed, sorry for not being clearer about it.  We've
> been getting some donations through Sourceforge, which we're putting to
> good use as bug hunting rewards, so we were pondering if we can get more
> this way.   Allowing per-project ads raises more potential issues than
> having ad-money go to GNOME as such, but can also reward popular projects.
>  If this was to be allowed, there probably should be a clear entry about
> what you can do with ads.  A third way -- I think this is technically
> feasible, but probably organizationally cumbersome -- is to manage it
> centrally but send ad money that's received for project pages on to
> project maintainers/project funds.
>
> -Lars