GitHub Sponsors Program Additional Terms

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GitHub Sponsors Additional Terms

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Your participation in the GitHub Sponsors Program (the "Program") is subject to the GitHub Terms of Service (the "Agreement") or other agreement you have with GitHub (for example the GitHub Customer General Terms, the GitHub Corporate Terms of Service or other agreement), as well as the following additional terms ("Additional Terms"). Any use of the GitHub Sponsors Program that violates the Agreement will also be a violation of these Additional Terms. Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the Agreement. These Additional Terms for the GitHub Sponsors Program describe the relationship between GitHub and you, the "Sponsored Developer", for the Program. The Additional Terms are effective as of the date you accept them ("Effective Date").

The purpose of this Agreement is to: 1) set forth the terms under which Sponsors will participate in the GitHub Sponsors Program (the "Program"); and 2) set forth the terms under which Sponsored Developers may participate in the Program. The Program allows sponsors to identify certain open source projects ("Projects") housed on GitHub and to make committed investments in those Projects to further the Projects' development.

1. Definitions.

"Confidential Information" means all non-public information disclosed under this Agreement by either party to the other in any format, designated as confidential or that the receiving party knows or reasonably should know, under the circumstances surrounding the disclosure and the nature of the information, is confidential to the disclosing party. Confidential Information does not include any information that (i) was or becomes publicly known through no fault of the receiving party; (ii) was or becomes rightfully known to the receiving party without confidential or proprietary restriction from a source other than the disclosing party who has a right to disclose it; (iii) is approved by the disclosing Party for disclosure without restriction in a written document which is signed by a duly authorized officer or such disclosing Party; or (iv) the receiving party independently develops without access to or use of the disclosing party's Confidential Information.

"GitHub Policies" means all then-current policies and procedures of GitHub that Sponsored Developer must follow as noted in the Program, including the GitHub Community Guidelines.

"Sponsor" means the User who purchased a Subscription from or paid a Sponsorship to a Sponsored Developer through a Sponsored Developer Account.

"Sponsored Developer" means the individual or entity that develops content under the Program and receives Sponsored Developer Payments while participating in the Program.

"Sponsored Developer Account" means the account at Stripe that a Sponsored Developer establishes through the Program to receive payment from Sponsors.

"Sponsored Developer Content" means all content a Sponsored Developer submits to GitHub in connection with the Program, including User-Generated Content and Your Content; the Sponsored Developer's brand names, trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, or indicia of origin ("Sponsored Developer Marks"); and data associated with a Sponsored Developer Account.

"Sponsorship" means a payment paid to a Sponsored Developer through the Program and Stripe.

"Subscription" means a recurring or one-time Sponsorship in exchange for goods, services, or other offers a Sponsored Developer provides to Sponsors.