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<blockquote data-quote="JDWestoby" data-source="post: 399669" data-attributes="member: 72093">Tough call...As others have said, you don' want to scare people off. So a forum tax is not a great idea, simply because you want to increase your user base - not scare them into going with MythTV, Sage etc.You can't charge for downloads (how does SourceForge survive...?)Asking those who contribute to plugins etc. (and I speak as an interested party here) seems like a retrograde step and almost certain to halt contributions in their tracks (recent 1.01 delays for improvements come to mind)I agree that $10 isn't a huge stack of money but it does beggar the question of how many people would bother once the system is running smoothly (and here I am thinking about the V2, I don't want to be caught in a permanent upgrade cycle so it would have to be HUGE to be worth the effort).Maybe a &gt;&gt;suggested&lt;&lt; contribution on download, seems to work for some others. I have paid for CCleaner, ForTheRecord (and MediaPortal) amongst others because I found them useful.Maybe streamlining the system is not such a bad idea - while it is a thankless task slimming down the forums would be well worth it for the ease of finding things!I don't want MediaPortal to disappear but I would always be cagey about permanenetly paying for something I already own (why I gave up Sky+ in fact).Is there nowhere that this can be hosted, even if you restrict the hours to evenings only - what are your office server(s) doing then?Not trying to be controversial but just wondered.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JDWestoby, post: 399669, member: 72093"] [b]Tough call...[/b] As others have said, you don' want to scare people off. So a forum tax is not a great idea, simply because you want to increase your user base - not scare them into going with MythTV, Sage etc. You can't charge for downloads (how does SourceForge survive...?) Asking those who contribute to plugins etc. (and I speak as an interested party here) seems like a retrograde step and almost certain to halt contributions in their tracks (recent 1.01 delays for improvements come to mind) I agree that $10 isn't a huge stack of money but it does beggar the question of how many people would bother once the system is running smoothly (and here I am thinking about the V2, I don't want to be caught in a permanent upgrade cycle so it would have to be HUGE to be worth the effort). Maybe a >>suggested<< contribution on download, seems to work for some others. I have paid for CCleaner, ForTheRecord (and MediaPortal) amongst others because I found them useful. Maybe streamlining the system is not such a bad idea - while it is a thankless task slimming down the forums would be well worth it for the ease of finding things! I don't want MediaPortal to disappear but I would always be cagey about permanenetly paying for something I already own (why I gave up Sky+ in fact). Is there nowhere that this can be hosted, even if you restrict the hours to evenings only - what are your office server(s) doing then? Not trying to be controversial but just wondered. [/QUOTE]

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