It was only to warn you... After, I hope SF won't say anything.... Phil Le Tuesday 03 October 2006 20:14, Youness Alaoui a écrit : > Well, how about we try this for a couple of days, then see how much revenue > it gives, then decide whether we get a hosting service... if after a week, > we get 10cents.. then forget it, if we get 10$, then cool, let's do it... > + SF will never notice if we do it for a short period.. and we're not > 'using their services to generate revenue', but instead, we try to generate > a revenue in order to get out of their service.. not the same thing.. > > what do you think ? or is it better to do it your way, pay for it then see > what happens ? > > KaKaroTo > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:32:05PM +0200, Philippe Valembois - Phil wrote: > > Hi, > > sorry.... You can forget this idea Youness : > > from > > https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=4297&group_id=1#acce > >ptable_use > > > > Advertisements and Commercial Usage: The SourceForge.net project web > > service may not be used for advertising (including Google Ads and other > > banner ad services), revenue generation, or commercial use. Commercial > > entities which operate projects at SourceForge.net may use the project > > web service to host content about their project, including links back to > > a company web site, and to display the company logo, but they may not > > host the company web site using SourceForge.net resources; commerce > > activities are prohibited (such as running a store front in project web > > space, or displaying company price lists). SourceForge.net pays money to > > provide these services to projects; we think it unfair for projects to > > directly derive revenue from our service offering. We place no such usage > > restrictions on project web sites that are hosted on private servers > > (i.e. those not hosted on the SourceForge.net project web servers). > > > > Phil > > P.S. The only thing you can do is : pay a server from your own coins and > > hope you will get cash back... > > > > Le Tuesday 03 October 2006 19:11, Youness Alaoui a écrit : > > > Take a look here : > > > http://amsn.sourceforge.net/ind.php > > > > > > I put a lot of ads... 2 referal buttons in the Links section.. added an > > > ad unit in the side panel under Advertisements, added a google search > > > in the bottom (I like that, even if it doesn't bring in any money.. you > > > just search for 'seek webcam', it finds the thread in the forums.. it's > > > great! > > > > > > :)) and a wide ads at the bottom.. > > > > > > I think it's slightly a lot.. but it's not "that bad"... I'll be > > > waiting for suggestions... btw, we have the right to : > > > 3 ad units (like the one in the side bar) > > > 2 google search > > > 1 links unit > > > I don't know how many referals allowed.. > > > > > > take a look here to see the different formats of ads : > > > https://www.google.com/adsense/adformats > > > > > > what do you think? > > > > > > KaKaRoTo > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:52:50AM -0400, Youness Alaoui wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:47:18AM +0200, Jonne Zutt wrote: > > > > > The forum and bugs site have terrible performance. > > > > > (for the bugs site is not completely sf's fault I think, because > > > > > I made a local copy and it performed terrible either, could be my > > > > > local configuration too...yes, i know the database is quite big) > > > > > > > > Bugs is probably caused by huge database, understandable.. but > > > > forums.. I don't know, maybe it's also because of the database (even > > > > if they are separate databases ?) but not sure.. anyways, the biggest > > > > issue is the forums.. > > > > > > > > > Could be Jerome is right it doesn't make much money and hence isn't > > > > > very useful, but if Youness wants to try it, I like that :) (and > > > > > trust you of course). > > > > > > > > Thx for trusting me :p > > > > we'll see about the money it generates.. for now, it's not > > > > important.. > > > > > > > > > I don't like that part about counting commits/forum > > > > > messages/whatever though. I'd prefer counting bug fixes / new > > > > > features better. Might be too much work though. I'll settle with > > > > > everything since it's not my goal to make any money out of this > > > > > (lucky for me :P) > > > > > > > > Nah, I'm not talking about counting the commits/forum msgs.. I'm > > > > talking about "ok, this person contributes a lot lately, he/she > > > > deserves a little reward", more like that... the bounties on bug > > > > fix/new features is indeed a better idea (Alvaro's idea btw), but I'd > > > > like both solutions to be applied.. but as I said before, this will > > > > really depend on how much money this will generate... > > > > > > > > KKRT > > > > > > > > > POLL : > > > > > > > > > > *Add Google AdSense > > > > > - Youness > > > > > - Alvaro > > > > > - JeeBee > > > > > > > > > > *Stay with SF and no ads > > > > > - > > > > > > > > > > *Don't care > > > > > - Jerome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >---- -- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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