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Quote from NGgod »

i thought aera hosted the forums?

No, it's me, aera and wedtm in charge. Currently we "all" host the forums, no one person owns the servers any more, the company (redstone wire, ltd) owns them.

Quote from NGgod »

ltd? does that mean i can buy shares? or are you a plc?

We're privately held, so no you can't buy shares in us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_company

Quote from NGgod »

im taking business GSCE so i know. as you are privately held you are a private limited company (PLC) rather than a LTD. Hehe :smile.gif:

No, we're a limited company (ltd). A PLC is a public limited company. It's a company that's public and can have shares bought and sold by the public. A private limited company is referred to as a "Ltd". You've got your abbreviations mixed up, pay more attention in school!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_co ... _by_shares
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_limited_company

Quote from NGgod »

yeah i do need to pay more attention :s i dont see why you dont try sell a few shares though.
edit: your company doesnt show up on any of the companys house webchecks :tongue.gif:

Well, we sorta lied when we said we're already a company, we've filed the paper work and the accountant is sorting it, it'll be processed some time this week. You should see us there either Friday this week or monday next :-)

Quote from NGgod »

I see :-) so are you a non profit organisation? i dont see much chance for profit in the 'hosting free forums for amazing game devs' category :tongue.gif:

Legally we're not non profit, but in theory we are as me, aera and wedtm do not make any money from hosting these forums and the wiki, all money we make is currently reinvested in the forums and wiki. In the future if we do make enough to pay back aera and wedtm for their financial investments (both have invested substantial amounts) and for their time we will most likely do this, but currently neither me, aera or wedtm make any money from this operation, all revenue and donations go straight back into the hosting.

To summarise: Legally we are not non profit, theoretically we are, as nobody currently profits from the operation of these websites. Also I'd like to personally assure you that at no point in the future will we ever turn these websites (or indeed redstone wire) into an operation designed to make money for any of us at the cost of user experience, we're here to support the community, not to line our pockets. We're using any money made to pay for servers and when possible to pay back Aera and WedTM, although all donations will go 100% towards the forum and wiki hosting.

Quote from irishmadboy »

How long will it take for us to show as forum/wiki sponsors. Also, there was nowhere to type in my name when i donated. =/

Login to your Paypal account (or check for emails) and find the "transaction ID" then send a private message to WedTM with the title "donation" and then include your transaction ID, he'll verify and add your title.