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[jpreston at americatab.com]

Rob,

How would your proposal exist with the GPL? As I understand it, wouldn't a
new license be required?

Personally, I am against it.  I know that I use it on both a personal
basis as well as a professionally.  While the professional basis isn't
live yet, when it is, I know that my company will be making a donation.  I
have also asked both lists (english and dev) about hosting a US mirror of
at least the video, but have not heard anything back.

Just thought I'd voice my opinion also ;-)

Thanks!

Joshua Preston.

>> Sponsoring might be interesting, I'll get in touch later on...
>
> Just an idea.
>
> If all proffesional users of Typo3 (company's who make website for other
> company's using Typo3) pay's an annual fee of 100€ and get an official
> invoice for this, then this money can be used for the Typo3.org hosting.
> Let's asume there are 500 prof. company's who uses typo3 This makes
> 50.000€/year. I guess you can do alot with 50.000/year for hosting.
>
> Why I propose this? When you work with typo3 on a prof. base, you need
> to be able to gain access to the typo3 information(docs, newslist,
> extencions etc ..) at any time of the day.
>
> In return you can make a list with all 'profesional' users of typo3
> (those who have paid the fee, regarding if they have ever made 1 site
> with typo, or published an ext or contributed to the community) and some
> additional features, like a 'job' section where pro-users can place an
> ad when they look for a freelancer for a certain task (like sponsored
> jobs for making a specific extension). This could also boost the
> building and/or finishing of some important extensions (like the
> CSS-styled-content & css_styled_image_text)
>
> Also, this will 'force' professional users to pay a fee.
> an ex.: I always ask a client to pay a fee to Kasper (or typo3). the
> amount is free to choose but I can't obligate them to do so. I have to
> be honnest, almost non of my client do so, even if I ask them several
> times and tell them this is a fair thing to so so.
>
> I don't think it is a 'bad' thing to ask for money. Especialy when you
> give something in return. And why not make a difference between Pro and
> non-pro typo3 users? Both sides can only gain with this. Pro-users have
> access to some special sections on the typo3 site, and non-pro users can
> enjoy the benefits of the pro-community.
>
> Alot of us are able to make a living because of typo3 and typo3 is
> becoming big-bussines. And like all busnisses you need to invest wisely
> to asure the future of it.
>
> Just my idea on this cloudy afternoon.
>
> Rob
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