I fully sympathize with Douglas. But I do think he's dramatizing his two most realistic options a bit too much: 1. If he runs Adsense, he's not going to get ca

I fully sympathize with Douglas. But I do think he's dramatizing his two most realistic options a bit too much: 1. If he runs Adsense, he's not going to get casino or penis ads. Last I checked, Adsense was pretty strict about that. 2. Asking users for donations is hardly begging. He's providing (one hell of) a service in return, so it's only fair. I've seen this before. People reviling the notion of associating money with the service they provide, and eventually running into money trouble sooner or later. Even if Douglas chooses to go down the nonprofit road, he'll still have a much harder time than if he just declared etymonline.com a business and ran it as he saw fit.