SPONSORS.md (2123B)
1 <!-- 2 Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. 3 4 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl 5 --> 6 7 # curl sponsors 8 9 A sponsor is someone who donates money or resources to the curl project for no 10 specific service in return. 11 12 curl accepts donations via [GitHub sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/curl) 13 and [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/curl). 14 15 An even better way to contribute to the project might be to pay an engineer or 16 two to spend work hours on curl related tasks. 17 18 We promise to use donated funds for things and activities that we believe are 19 beneficial for the project and its development. That includes but is not 20 limited to bug-bounties, developer conferences, infrastructure, development, 21 services and hardware. 22 23 Recurring donations above a certain amount of money puts the sponsor at a 24 named sponsor level: **Silver**, **Gold**, **Platinum** or **Top**. 25 26 Sponsors on a named level can provide their logo image and preferred URL and 27 get recognition on the curl website's [sponsor 28 page](https://curl.se/sponsors.html), assuming they meet the project's 29 standards and requirements. 30 31 - **Silver Sponsor** at least 100 USD/month 32 - **Gold Sponsor** at least 500 USD/month 33 - **Platinum Sponsor** at least 1000 USD/month 34 - **Top Sponsor** outstanding extra valuable help 35 36 ## Sponsor requirements 37 38 A named level sponsor is entitled a logo and link on the curl website assuming 39 the company, brand and link are not deemed unsuitable. The curl team reserves 40 the right to make that decision at its own discretion. 41 42 Sponsors may be denied a website presence for example if involved with drugs, 43 gambling, pornography, social media manipulation etc. 44 45 ## Past Sponsors 46 47 Sponsors that stop paying are considered *Past Sponsors* and are not displayed 48 on the sponsor page anymore. We thank you for your contributions. 49 50 ## Donations 51 52 Please note that sponsorship and donations are exactly that: donations to the 53 curl project. They are used to help and further the project as the project 54 leadership deems best. No goods or services are expected or promised in 55 return. Requests for refunds for such purposes are rejected.