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    +1 Excellent, I love it. Picking up an image from the post also is easier than writing parsers for github, sourceforge etc. To the very least, though, the post should also include the link to wherever an ad-clicker is redirected. Commented Sep 30, 2009 at 17:39
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    I appreciate the counter-counter, but if project leaders can't fill out a form or delegate that responsibility, then either they don't take the offer seriously (free ads? who cares) or they're not committed to their project. Even so, as much as I love the meta community, I have a feeling that ads like this (meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23955/adobe-sponsored-tags/…) will get the votes. That can't happen, so we'd have to approve them. And if we're doing that, we may as well upload them too, as that adds a minute to the process and gives us more control. Commented Sep 30, 2009 at 17:51
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    I think both Portman's and Alex's ideas could coexist. Commented Sep 30, 2009 at 19:32
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    An analogy: Microsoft employs both Anders Hejlsberg and Mich Matthews. Anders designed C# and LINQ. Mich makes sure everyone has heard about them. Anders is an engineer; Mich is a marketer. Very different. In the OSS world, project leaders are like Anders... and I'm betting that among the StackOverflow users, there are some Miches who would be better suited to make sure the world knows about the Anders' work. Analogy over. Commented Oct 1, 2009 at 2:17
  • With this idea, we would definitely need to make sure evil doesn't happen, such as a user putting up a derogatory logo or some other advertising that is not good for an OSS project. - I'm assuming that the voting and moderation functionality would achieve this moderation, but it is something we need to think about if we go the route of 100% user controlled ads. Commented Nov 5, 2009 at 15:34
  • Oh, and don't forget about Paint.NET as an image editor too, its OSS and FREE - getpaint.net Commented Nov 5, 2009 at 15:35
  • As a Project Leader I would say that this particular role is like a combination of Anders/Mich. Most OSS projects require some marketing from the leader to get adoption until at least the initial groundswell of users exists. Personally I suspect that either the project leader or some sponsor of each project would be happy to fill in some details to get a bit of free advertising - we all want our respective code to be used surely - isn't that the point?! Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 11:48