Hello, <br><br>I strongly support the "no" on the advertisements. I am quite aware of the financial issues as I ammyself responsible for a rather large opensource website (>5 servers to host it). We live on fundraising campaigns, providers giving us rackspace and or servers for free, buying servers on ebay and even handling down the prices there (actually i didn't know it was possible, but, it is :D), sharing costs with other groups, we actually even get (!) money for organising events...
<br><br>I think there are two ways to go if we want not to have ads: reducing hosting costs by trying to get servers sponsored and or rack space for free or very cheap, and trying to raise money, by starting a fundraising. I also proposed to sell maps in towns where the coverage is 100%, but did not get feedback on that proposition; may sound a bit idealistic but I think it is not impossible to realize. Maps are expensive; we can make them cheaper.
<br><br>I would support a fundraising in french speaking countries. But please, remove the ads, try the alternatives, and then if really no option comes up, we'll think about it again :)<br><br>Yann<br><br><br>