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You're likely going to be shut down by GitHub. They have a special section in their ToS that prohibits advertising. https://help.github.com/articles/github-ter
by vjeux 9y ago
You're likely going to be shut down by GitHub. They have a special section in their ToS that prohibits advertising.
https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#k-advertising-on-github https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#k-...
> Short version: We do not generally prohibit use of GitHub for advertising. However, we expect our users to follow certain limitations, so GitHub does not become a spam haven. No one wants that.
- falcor84 9y ago>They have a special section in their ToS that prohibits advertising Ehm, your quote does not quite support your statement: >We do not generally prohibit use of GitHub for advertising
- quickben 9y agoIt's a TOS, worded for PR, besides which it's unenforceable and at the whim of GitHub. It's like building a business on Google Reader or FB Parse.
- cavneb 9y agoWe have advocates at GitHub and are in discussions with their compliance team. Code Sponsor is not directly tied to GitHub for it to be successful. Many of our developers are making money through different channels such as npm or their own generated documentation website.
- cavneb 9y agoEven though GitHub may say we cannot do this on their website, it does not prevent developers from generate a healthy side income building OSS. Here's a blog post we just released which includes links to different developer repos and sites (aside from GitHub) https://medium.com/@codesponsor/fighting-for-open-source-sustainability-introducing-code-sponsor-577e0ccca025 https://medium.com/@codesponsor/fighting-for-open-source-sus...