On Jul 29, 8:19 pm, "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know of a similar situation like what we've been > discussing where a subscription service or something similar > was successfully implemented?
Now that you mention it... the closest things i'm aware of are: a) Commercial Linux distros (e.g. RedHat & Suse). b) SourceForge (which i proudly subscribe to) offers free and subscription service. At sf.net, a subscription gives you no benefits other than bumping your support requests to the top of the list and adding a small dollar-sign icon next to your user name. i support them not for the support request bumping, but because they've hosted my projects since many years. c) Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com) and similar web- based games, which are free but offer additional features/bonuses if you donate (not the same as subscription, though). i'm not aware of any real subscription services for Open Source projects, though, as opposed to subscriptions for commercial content (e.g. ipod-related stuff).
