Parameter to remove donate button

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The recent addition of the donate button has caused quite a stir in using this 
application within the context of a company web site.

It would be very nice to have a parameter to allow removal (not just hiding) of 
the donate button from the application.  This would prevent the need to modify 
and recompile source with every release.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by j...@gordon-zone.com on 31 Oct 2014 at 8:05

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By the way, we do give proper attribution to the project within the containing 
web application and links back to this site -- so we're not trying to hide the 
source of this extremely useful application.  There are just legal issues with 
what we can display to the users.

Original comment by j...@gordon-zone.com on 31 Oct 2014 at 8:13

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I appreciate for the proper attribution and the links.
But for removing the donate button, you are kidding right?
As far as I know, you have not paid anything for that software and no donation 
either.
I think it's fair to have a donate button in a free software, just in case you 
like that software.

And what are those legal issues? For which users?

Original comment by evernat@free.fr on 1 Nov 2014 at 12:02

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Do you really make "more" money by having donate buttons on every page attached 
to your product and ridiculing every ticket that gets posted? Is this the first 
open source product you have worked on?

I would surmise that the only way you would actually make any "real money" is 
by providing dual licensing and "real support" to paying customers, but you 
also have to be setup for that business model so corporations will invest in 
your product. 

The people you are ridiculing in this issue tracking system are the one's that 
can get you into those markets, and they are trying to contribute to your 
product by taking the time to make it better by pointing out issues or devoting 
development time. 

Original comment by j...@gordon-zone.com on 1 Nov 2014 at 4:14

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As you probably know, projects rarely make money with donate buttons.
And it's not the first open source project (not "product") I have worked with.
I do not work on this open source project to make "real money", because I 
already have a day job and it's well paid (for France). But a donate button is 
still fair, in the case you like that software.

Sorry, but I do no try to ridicule people here and I try to help them most of 
the time.
You say "they are trying to contribute to your product by taking the time to 
make it better by pointing out issues or devoting development time". This is 
not true. As in all open source projects, most people look in the bug tracker 
and users' group for (free) support. I provide this free support when I can. 
Real issues (from the project's point of view) and development contributions 
are a minority.

I think that the usual and only other choice for a quite popular open source 
project is to simply ignore most (support) issues and leave them as they are. 
That is not the choice of this project.

As you know, you and I can close this "issue" anytime. I will leave it open for 
the moment.

Original comment by evernat@free.fr on 2 Nov 2014 at 11:31

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Again, what are those legal issues? For which users?
And what type of company you work for?

Original comment by evernat@free.fr on 2 Nov 2014 at 11:52

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No response from the reporter, so closing this issue.
Note that you can still add comments after that.

Original comment by evernat@free.fr on 9 Nov 2014 at 11:37

• Changed state: WontFix