| 19 | | Information on how an individual developer or project plans to use donations may be provided by the project on their donation page. Inquiries of this nature should be directed to the developer or project. |
| 20 | | |
| 21 | | = A note of caution before making a donation = |
| 22 | | |
| 23 | | !SourceForge.net hosts over 190,000 different Open Source projects and has over 1,500,000 registered users. There may be some overlap among user names and project names, both on the site, and between the site and the rest of the world. |
| 24 | | |
| 25 | | We recommend that users confirm that they are donating money to the desired place before making a donation (is this developer a member of the right project, or is the project the same one from which the software was downloaded?). |
| 26 | | |
| 27 | | Questions should be directed to the specific developer or project in question before making a donation. |
| 28 | | |
| 29 | | = Do I need to use !PayPal to donate money? = |
| 30 | | |
| 31 | | At this time, the only supported way to donate money via the !SourceForge.net Donation System is through the use of !PayPal. !SourceForge.net is aware that !PayPal service may not be available to users in certain countries; we continue to evaluate possible ways to support these users. |
| 32 | | |
| 33 | | == May I use !PayPal? == |
| 34 | | |
| 35 | | See the documentation provided on the !PayPal web site for specific information. |
| 36 | | |
| 37 | | = How will my donation be acknowledged? = |
| 38 | | |
| 39 | | Unless user opt-out of donation display (visibility) using the [https://sourceforge.net/account/ "Account Maintenance page"], users names (if logged-in when making the donation) and comment will be posted to the Supporters page for the user or project to which a donated was made. |
| 40 | | |
| 41 | | = How may I be sure my donation went through? |
| 42 | | |
| 43 | | |
| 44 | | A complete list of donations you have made, including their status (if not completed), is provided via the My Donations page. Inquiries regarding donation problems may be directed to !SourceForge.net staff via the Support Request Tracker. |
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| 46 | | |
| 47 | | Denominations |
| 48 | | |
| 49 | | |
| 50 | | At this time, donations are accepted only at fixed denominations (US$5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $250). There are no immediate plans to increase the supported denomination set. |
| 51 | | |
| 52 | | |
| 53 | | How much of my donation will be deducted as fees? |
| 54 | | |
| 55 | | |
| 56 | | !PayPal deducts from each transaction a service fee in accordance with their policies; this fee may vary depending on currency conversion and other factors. !SourceForge.net also assesses a separate service fee. As of 2003-12-01, the !SourceForge.net fee is 5% of the donation, with a $1 minimum. |
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| 58 | | |
| 59 | | Donation Terms of Service |
| 60 | | |
| 61 | | |
| 62 | | The !SourceForge.net Donation System is conducted as per the !SourceForge.net Terms of Service agreement; all users of the !SourceForge.net site and this donation service must agree to the provided Terms of Service Agreement, including the specific details related to the Donation System (link may be found in the Terms of Service Agreement). |
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| 64 | | |
| 65 | | Unclaimed Donations |
| 66 | | |
| 67 | | |
| 68 | | If you specified an address held by someone else, they may have registered for a !PayPal account and claimed the money. |
| 69 | | |
| 70 | | If the money went unclaimed, it was redirected to the Red Cross (or another humanitarian charity of our choosing). |
| 71 | | |
| 72 | | |
| 73 | | !PayPal Usage |
| 74 | | |
| 75 | | |
| 76 | | How will !PayPal work? How do I get my donations? |
| 77 | | |
| 78 | | The !SourceForge.net Donation System uses !PayPal to receive and deliver donations. Please review the documentation on the !PayPal web site for additional details on the way !PayPal works. |
| 79 | | |
| 80 | | |
| 81 | | User Opt-In |
| 82 | | |
| 83 | | |
| 84 | | To Opt-In your user account to receive donations, access the Donation Management page. You will need to specify a valid email address (as your !PayPal account) in order to receive donations. Please double-check all information you provide. |
| 85 | | |
| 86 | | |
| 87 | | Project Opt-In |
| 88 | | |
| | 15 | = Project Opt-In = |
| 94 | | Project administrators may view a list of the Opt-In/Out status for each admin of their project from the Donations section of the Project Admin pages. |
| 95 | | |
| 96 | | |
| 97 | | Donation Processing |
| 98 | | |
| 99 | | |
| 100 | | Donations are processed (paid out) to users and projects twice each business day (Monday through Friday, excepting holidays and scheduled downtimes). Donations made since the last processing run will be processed during the next processing run. Should any exceptions occur to this schedule, we will try to provide prior notice on the !SourceForge.net Site Status page. |
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| 102 | | |
| 103 | | Project Web Links |
| 104 | | |
| 105 | | |
| 106 | | I include links to the donation system from my project web site? |
| 107 | | |
| 108 | | Absolutely! !SourceForge.net projects are encouraged to include links to the !SourceForge.net Donation System for their developers and/or project from their project web sites once the project and/or developers have Opted-In for to receive donations. |
| 109 | | |
| 110 | | |
| 111 | | May I include links to other donation mechanisms from my project web site? |
| 112 | | |
| 113 | | |
| 114 | | !SourceForge.net prohibits the display of other types of donation links (i.e. those that do not use the !SourceForge.net Donation System) or for using project web sites for the generation of revenue. These restrictions do not apply to project web sites (i.e. "Home Page" link on the Project Summary page) hosted external to !SourceForge.net (our restrictions help control how our disk space, bandwidth, and other resources are used, but does not restrict the display of donation-related content on sites hosted elsewhere). |
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| 116 | | |
| 117 | | Allocating a percentage of your donations to another organization |
| 118 | | |
| 119 | | |
| 120 | | Many developers and projects in the Open Source world choose to support organizations such as the EFF (Electronic Frontiers Foundation). You may elect to have a portion of your incoming donations automatically given to one (or more) of the organizations we have selected. Giving a portion of your donations to one of these organizations will reduce the amount of money which is transferred to your !PayPal account. If you choose to allocate 100% of your donations to go to these organizations, no money will be placed in your !PayPal account when you receive a donation. |
| 121 | | |
| 122 | | When a user goes to your user or project donation page to make a donation, a list of your allocations will be provided. |
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| 124 | | |
| 125 | | Acknowledgements |
| 126 | | |
| 127 | | |
| 128 | | May I add some acknowledgements to the supporters page for donations I've received through some other donation system? |
| 129 | | |
| 130 | | At this time, only donations made through the !SourceForge.net Donation System will be recognized. |
| 131 | | |
| 132 | | |
| 133 | | !SourceForge.net Donations |
| 134 | | |
| 135 | | |
| 136 | | How will donations to !SourceForge.net be used? |
| 137 | | |
| 138 | | See the !SourceForge.net Donation Page for information on how donations made directly to !SourceForge.net will be used. |
| 139 | | |
| 140 | | |
| 141 | | Tax Deductions |
| 142 | | |
| 143 | | |
| 144 | | May I get a tax deduction for my donation? |
| 145 | | |
| 146 | | To the best of our knowledge, no. |
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| 148 | | |
| 149 | | 100% Charity Allocation |
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| 151 | | |
| 152 | | If 100% of donations are allocated to a charity, you will not need a !PayPal account. A !PayPal account will only be needed in order to receive money; if all money sent to your project or user is being directed to a charity, no money would be received via !PayPal. |
| 153 | | |
| 154 | | Though you will not need a !PayPal account, we do encourage you to provide a valid email address as that you will receive notification of any donations that were directed to you or your project. |
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| | 21 | Project administrators may view a list of the Opt-In/Out status for each admin of their project from the Donations section of the Project Admin pages for a project.. |
