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I am currently writing documentation and setting up a website for a open source PHP project under the LGPL - a very flexible content aggregator that for example can turn a XML datasource into a valid, cached RSS feed and much more. It was a paid project that the client has agreed to donate to the community with no strings attached.

  • Will it be okay to promote this in a SO post in the form of a question (what do you think about..)?

  • What other means of promoting an Open Source project do I have on SO?

  • Where do I have to apply for donated ad space on SO as proposed here?

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  • Will it be okay to promote this in a SO post in the form of a question (what do you think about..)?

No, the community has almost always downvoted, closed, and deleted such 'questions.'

  • What other means of promoting an Open Source project do I have on SO?

Search for questions for which your project might be an answer. Add more than "Refer to our project" - i.e., give a real answer and fit your project in as a possible solution.

  • Where do I have to apply for donated ad space on SO as proposed here?

As long as you fit the criteria listed in that question, send a message to [email protected] for consideration. Keep in mind that unless your project is sigificant and very useful to developers it probably won't get any free advertising.

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I wouldn't make a question just to promote it - it's likely to get flagged for spam. However, if you see a question where your tool is applicable, you could post it as an answer, but I would be sure to state your relationship with the project (full disclosure and all).

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You can promote it as an "answer" to a related question, but I don't think it should be asked as a question.

The answer should be useful for solving the question, or it will just get flagged as spam.

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  • What if he makes clear his relation to the project?
    – peterh
    Sep 22, 2017 at 15:49
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If it's a relevant answer to a question, I don't think it's a problem to mention it as long as you try to sound not too subjective.

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  • I think you mean s/not too//.
    – Stephan202
    Nov 18, 2009 at 16:14
  • No, he got it right the first time.
    – womble
    Nov 18, 2009 at 16:18
  • s/try to sound not too/try not to sound too/
    – Brad Gilbert
    Nov 18, 2009 at 16:23
  • @womble: he changed "objective" to "subjective" within the first five minutes ;)
    – Stephan202
    Nov 18, 2009 at 16:56

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