Funding and accounting for servers
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:41 pm
As it seems increasingly likely that any "reasonable" server setup will mean leasing hardware, then a few things need to be considered.
I think it'll be up to individual operators/groups to sort out exactly how they raise the funds, but it may need some careful consideration of Cyan's licence, once we see it, to see what additional processes/controls/accounting are required: I fully expect that the licence will include a clause preventing anyone from making a profit out of Cyan's work (both the code and the creative IP), so there may be a need to be able to demonstrate that fees/donations collected are commensurate to the actual operating costs.
This could be tricky to manage, as there won't be a linear relationship between the number of users and the per person costs.
Any experience from other environments that could benefit the community here?
I think it'll be up to individual operators/groups to sort out exactly how they raise the funds, but it may need some careful consideration of Cyan's licence, once we see it, to see what additional processes/controls/accounting are required: I fully expect that the licence will include a clause preventing anyone from making a profit out of Cyan's work (both the code and the creative IP), so there may be a need to be able to demonstrate that fees/donations collected are commensurate to the actual operating costs.
This could be tricky to manage, as there won't be a linear relationship between the number of users and the per person costs.
Any experience from other environments that could benefit the community here?