On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Venkatraman S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it looks to me as a mere Sulekha for (F)/OSS, and makes money using > > ads - right? > > > > Is there anything wrong with making money through ads? Most of the > other similar Linux sites are using ads as well. The posting was > made with a "commercial" tag. >
I dont see any of the above lines having the slightest hint of the endeavor being wrong. What was suggested was : a directory listing portal with subscription model is NOT a FOSS business model; also, using ads in directory listing portal is NOT a FOSS business model. Btw, there is an interesting thread going on in catalog-sig DL on something similar, where pypi data is being used by 'third parties'. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
