Linux Soundboard accepts voluntary donations and sponsorships to support development and maintenance by germanua.
Unless a specific sponsorship tier says otherwise, a donation or sponsorship:
- is voluntary support for the project;
- does not purchase ownership of the project or its intellectual property;
- does not grant commercial-use, resale, redistribution-for-payment, or trademark rights;
- does not create a support, maintenance, feature-delivery, or service obligation; and
- does not change the license that applies to the public source code.
Commercial rights require a separate written agreement from the project owner. See Commercial Licensing.
Official paid builds, paid support, commercial licenses, and sponsorship tiers that promise specific benefits are separate transactions governed by their stated terms. They should not be treated as ordinary donations.
A third party cannot avoid the public license's commercial-use restriction by describing a required or expected payment for a copy, build, bundle, or service as a donation.
Do not assume that a payment is tax-deductible. Donors, sponsors, and the project owner are responsible for the tax and reporting rules that apply to them.