[Webmacro-devel] Fwd: SF.NET Project Donation System

[Eric R. <eb...@tc...>]

Do we want to do this?  I'm thinking no...

eric

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> From: "SourceForge.net Team" <no...@so...>
> Date: December 19, 2003 5:17:00 PM EST
> To: eb...@tc...
> Subject: SF.NET Project Donation System
>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Patrick McGovern and I manage SourceForge.net.   This email
> is being sent to all project admins on SourceForge.net.
>
> As you may have read in last week\'s SF.NET Sitewide update, we have
> added a project donation system to the site.    This system allows you
> to generate incremental income to help cover the cost of your
> development time and/or help you purchase new hardware.
>
> We have approximately 700,000 users visiting the site daily.   Users 
> who
> depend on your software will likely want to give something back to you
> and your team for all your contributions.
>
> The project donation system is very similar to the site donation system
> we launched ten weeks ago to accept donations for SourceForge.net.  You
> can see the contributions here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php
>
> To accept donations on your project, all you need to do is have the
> admins of your project to \'opt-in\'.  That is, go to the donation 
> section
> of your project (admin area) and choose the option to accept donations.
> Once every admin of your project has turned on this option, the feature
> will become active and you will see a donation link on your summary
> page.
>
> Users have the ability to leave comments of appreciation when they give
> a donation, which is viewable to all your users.
>
> You can choose to accept all the money, or donate a percentage to an
> organization such as the Open Source Initiative or Gnome Foundation.
>
> SourceForge.net has a 5% fee per donation (minimum of $1).  Paypal fees
> also apply.   Paypal is the only form of payment we accept at this 
> time,
> but we will be adding additional types of payments in the future.
>
> If you have interest, you can start accepting donations today!  Just
> turn on the feature on your admin page.
>
> If you have any questions about this program, please don\'t hesitate to
> contact me at pa...@sf...
>
> Thank you.  Happy Holidays.
>
> Pat-
>
> Patrick McGovern
> Director, SourceForge.net
> pa...@sf...
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