2016-05-14, 08:20:31
hmm maybe i should rephrase that.
An OPTIONAL paid tier, or donation structure. Patreon is just an example , there are things like bounties systems, paid feature development bounties, etc.
Paid access for extended forums, or no forums at all and some other form of support.
This is not a question about taking payments personally ( i already have donate buttons on my personal website ) as opposed to other team members.
FYI to clarify, there are no other active team members involved in daily operation of GS and development besides me, I also do most of the administration of the forum with help of a few moderators.
GS has to stay free and open source, that is its license, of course I could fork it and do what whatever i want with it, but it still has to remain open source no matter what.
Things that are up in the air are.
Website
Community forum
Extend
SVN
Hosting
These things cost money and require a ton of maintenance.
An OPTIONAL paid tier, or donation structure. Patreon is just an example , there are things like bounties systems, paid feature development bounties, etc.
Paid access for extended forums, or no forums at all and some other form of support.
This is not a question about taking payments personally ( i already have donate buttons on my personal website ) as opposed to other team members.
FYI to clarify, there are no other active team members involved in daily operation of GS and development besides me, I also do most of the administration of the forum with help of a few moderators.
GS has to stay free and open source, that is its license, of course I could fork it and do what whatever i want with it, but it still has to remain open source no matter what.
Things that are up in the air are.
Website
Community forum
Extend
SVN
Hosting
These things cost money and require a ton of maintenance.