I think an issue with funding would eventually come, but this is perhaps when Planeshift is completely developed and there may be tremendous traffic to the servers. As part of Fragnetics which is contributing the Asian server I think we\'re very comfortable not getting anything out of direct connections made to the Planeshift server.
However, you can perhaps say that hosting the Planeshift server does give us some publicity as well, which is good cos it builds goodwill and really, since we\'re running so much open-source software on our system this is perhaps one way we can return the favour to the community.
Just to be frank we\'re hoping that eventually hosting Planeshift will pay off in some way. If it gets really big then perhaps there may be a need for ads at least on the website. Otherwise we may just have to offer side-line services such as webhosting and related stuff to interested parties who have read about our involvement in Planeshift.
Still, it\'s important to note that under our agreement with the Planeshift team we are not allowed to demand payment for members connecting to the Planeshift server - So it clearly draws the line and ensures Planeshift\'s core game will remain free to all.
