From 2f42adda8b28a1975feb08067e7ef3060834ceb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Otto Richter Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:26:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Various updates to the FAQ (#662) Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Documentation/pulls/662 Reviewed-by: Moritz Marquardt Co-authored-by: Otto Richter Co-committed-by: Otto Richter --- content/getting-started/faq.md | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/getting-started/faq.md b/content/getting-started/faq.md index 290ec57..fe1f0b8 100644 --- a/content/getting-started/faq.md +++ b/content/getting-started/faq.md @@ -157,7 +157,21 @@ We have some predefined templates that allow you to easily issue requests for th If you need anything from us that goes beyond these examples, you may still use that repository to do so. We will try our best to help! -### Why can't I mirror repositories from other code-hosting websites? +### Can I pay you for more resources (private storage, CI, ...) + +We appreciate your donation to cover our running costs. +If you use many resources, consider a higher donation. + +However, as we want to provide every free/libre software project with equal chances and the resources they need, +we do not require payment for any specific service. +For your convenience, we allow [small amounts of works](#how-about-private-repositories%3F) that are not 100% compliant. + +However, we do not accept any payments for exceptions to our rules: + +- **Proprietary or private content**: The goal of our non-profit association is to support free/libre software development, not to become a "general-purpose code forge" like commercial code forges are. Adding such payment-based support for proprietary features would not only potentially challenge our non-profit status, but also hurt our community aspect. It would also require substantial time and energy to support such efforts, that we would rather spend on support free/libre projects. +- **Storage and CI/CD resources**: We happily accept free/libre projects of any size, within the realm of what our infrastructure can provide, independent of donations or payments. However, given that our infrastructure and the environment are common goods, please do not be wasteful with these resources and try to optimize your use of them. If your project hits to our resource limits despite best efforts of optimizing, please [reach out to discuss the options](https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-e.V./requests). + +## Why can't I mirror repositories from other code-hosting websites? Mirrors that pull content from other code hosting services were problematic for Codeberg. They ended up consuming a vast amount of resources (traffic, disk space) over time, as @@ -183,7 +197,3 @@ Still, in order to prevent inadvertently removed history which may be useful for we keep those objects around for approximately 30 days. Afterwards, they will be removed by the regular Git garbage collector on our servers. - -### What is the size limit for my avatar? - -You can upload avatar pictures of up to 1 MB and a resolution of 1024x1024.