[Albion Wilde]

If we run ads we’re commercial. If we are commercial we run into more problems claiming fair use. We’d have to scrub our archives and really clamp down hard on our posters. I’d rather do with less income and retain more freedom.

That has my vote. However, if another FReeper/entity wanted to start a FOUNDATION site with products for sale (hats, shirts, books, whatever) that could in turn use its revenue to support other causes and sites, would that be do-able? Focus on the Family started a second group so that it could participate in politics (disastrously in some instances, so far, but give them time...) and avoid the tax implications of mixing politics with their essentially religious mission. Here we have another entity wishing to support non-commercial, free-speech, grassroots comment on politics without giving an entrée to legal sharks wanting to profit from fascist censors.

[paulycy]

start a FOUNDATION site

That's a very interesting idea. A completely separate entity that can raise funds and donate to FR or anything else it chooses as it sees fit.

Very interesting.

[paulycy]

Ping to an interesting idea, setting up a separate foundation that can raise funds for FR.