Github Terms Github Sponsors Additional Terms (GitHub)

Open Legal LibraryUpdated 12 Aug 2026

The GitHub Sponsors Additional Terms govern participation in the GitHub Sponsors Program, outlining the rights and obligations of both sponsored developers and sponsors, including payment terms, eligibility, acceptable uses, and matching fund rules. Published and maintained by GitHub, these terms supplement the GitHub Terms of Service and ensure transparency, compliance, and accountability in supporting open source projects.

[company name] [program name] Additional Terms

Your participation in the [company name] [program name] Program (the "Program") is subject to the [company name] Terms of Service (the "Agreement") or other agreement you have with [company name] (for example the [alternate agreement example]), as well as the following additional terms ("Additional Terms"). Any use of the [company name] [program name] 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 [company name] [program name] Program describe the relationship between [company name] 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 [company name] [program name] 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 [company name] and to make committed investments in those Projects to further the Projects' development.

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.

"[company name] Policies" means all then-current policies and procedures of [company name] that Sponsored Developer must follow as noted in the Program, including the [company name] [community guidelines].

"Sponsor" means the User who purchased a Subscription from or paid a Sponsorship to you through your 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 that you establish through the Program to receive payment from Sponsors.

"Sponsored Developer Content" means all content you submit to [company name] in connection with the Program, including User-Generated Content and Your Content; your brand names, trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, or indicia of origin ("Sponsored Developer Marks"); and data associated with your Sponsored Developer Account.

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