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There is no conflict in a non-profit selling something. Simply invest the proceeds in the goals of the non-profit. I help a non-profit (UK CIC - Community Inte
by buro9 13y ago
There is no conflict in a non-profit selling something. Simply invest the proceeds in the goals of the non-profit.
I help a non-profit (UK CIC - Community Interest Company) and we certainly take every penny that comes our way and just re-invest it.
One thing I've learned from that is that companies who feel they can benefit from association to us (or some service we provide) will only be positive towards us until they get whatever they came for.
It's important to make sure that whatever you're getting you acquire in advance and isn't promise based. All goodwill tends to evaporate on the other side as soon as their needs are fulfilled. Reality is, most companies don't care, so take what you can when you can to further your project's goals.
Good luck with persuading Google to now play nice, perhaps the HN mention might make them do so.
- opendomain 13y agoI understand that people have bills so making a profit in not inherently evil. For OpenDomain, the whole goal was to make sure the domains went to the best open source projects, so any thought of selling them could corrupt the vision. I must tell you though - someone approached use years ago for one domain and had offered to pay for it, but instead I gave away for FREE, only to get SUED afterward. That made me really question my project. The only thing that kept it going was that I have been doing this for 15 years. Now Google screwed me - I should just quit the project and sell all the domains and go on with my life.