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'''Liberapay''' is a platform for recurrent donations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nextinpact.com/news/104027-apres-an-dactivite-liberapay-veut-etre-alternative-libre-pour-dons-recurrents.htm|title=Après un an d'activité, Liberapay veut être l'alternative libre pour les dons récurrents|date=2017-04-13|language=fr|trans-title=A year after its launch, Liberapay wants to be the open source alternative for recurrent donations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916020622/https://www.nextinpact.com/news/104027-apres-an-dactivite-liberapay-veut-etre-alternative-libre-pour-dons-recurrents.htm|archive-date=2017-09-16}}</ref><ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://liberapay.com/about/|title=Introduction - Liberapay|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170821061314/https://liberapay.com/about/|archive-date=2017-08-21|url-status=live}}</ref> It is maintained by a non-profit organization, also named Liberapay, registered in [[France]].
'''Liberapay''' is a platform for recurrent donations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nextinpact.com/news/104027-apres-an-dactivite-liberapay-veut-etre-alternative-libre-pour-dons-recurrents.htm|title=Après un an d'activité, Liberapay veut être l'alternative libre pour les dons récurrents|date=2017-04-13|language=fr|trans-title=A year after its launch, Liberapay wants to be the open source alternative for recurrent donations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916020622/https://www.nextinpact.com/news/104027-apres-an-dactivite-liberapay-veut-etre-alternative-libre-pour-dons-recurrents.htm|archive-date=2017-09-16}}</ref><ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://liberapay.com/about/|title=Introduction - Liberapay|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170821061314/https://liberapay.com/about/|archive-date=2017-08-21|url-status=live}}</ref> It is maintained by a non-profit organization, also named Liberapay, registered in [[France]].


== Service ==
The service does not charge a fee on donations aside from that required by the underlying [[payment processor]]s, instead financing its own activity through donations handled by the service itself in the same way as donations to third-parties are handled.<ref name="about" /> As of October 2020, Liberapay uses payment processors [[PayPal]] and [[Stripe (company)|Stripe]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Payment Processors - Liberapay|url=https://en.liberapay.com/about/payment-processors|access-date=2020-10-03|website=en.liberapay.com}}</ref>
The service does not charge a fee on donations aside from that required by the underlying [[payment processor]]s, instead financing its own activity through donations handled by the service itself in the same way as donations to third-parties are handled.<ref name="about" /> As of October 2020, Liberapay uses payment processors [[PayPal]] and [[Stripe (company)|Stripe]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Payment Processors - Liberapay|url=https://en.liberapay.com/about/payment-processors|access-date=2020-10-03|website=en.liberapay.com}}</ref>


Unlike other crowdfunding platforms, Liberapay does not allow creators to reward their patrons. This difference in the nature of the transactions has tax implications. For example, [[Patreon]] collects [[Value-added tax|VAT]] on all payments made from inside the [[European Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205259549-How-does-VAT-work-on-Patreon-|title=How does VAT work on Patreon?|date=2018-03-25}}</ref> whereas Liberapay does not.<ref>[https://twitter.com/liberapay/status/973554555140104192 Tweet from Liberapay about VAT], 2018-03-13.</ref>
Unlike other crowdfunding platforms, Liberapay does not allow creators to reward their patrons. This difference in the nature of the transactions has tax implications. For example, [[Patreon]] collects [[Value-added tax|VAT]] on all payments made from inside the [[European Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205259549-How-does-VAT-work-on-Patreon-|title=How does VAT work on Patreon?|date=2018-03-25}}</ref> whereas Liberapay does not.<ref>[https://twitter.com/liberapay/status/973554555140104192 Tweet from Liberapay about VAT], 2018-03-13.</ref>


== Content ==
The platform emphasizes [[Free/Libre/Open]] (FLO) software and culture but does not enforce this or curate the content.<ref name="snowdrift-r-20221224"/> Notable projects on Liberapay include [[Archive.today]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://liberapay.com/archiveis|title=archiveis - Liberapay|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170711110938/https://liberapay.com/archiveis|archive-date=2017-07-11|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49668|title=Wesnoth on Liberapay - The Battle for Wesnoth Forums|date=2019-04-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200228105733/https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49668|archive-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> [[GIMP]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gimp.org/donating/#liberapay|title=GIMP - Donate|date=2020-02-28}}</ref> [[Matrix (communication protocol)|Matrix]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://matrix.org/blog/2017/07/07/a-call-to-arms-supporting-matrix|title=A Call to Arms: Supporting Matrix!|date=2017-07-07}}</ref> and ''[[Pepper&Carrot]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/article418/peppercarrot-is-now-on-liberapay|title=Pepper&Carrot is now on Liberapay|date=2017-07-13}}</ref>
The platform emphasizes [[Free/Libre/Open]] (FLO) software and culture but does not enforce this or curate the content.<ref name="snowdrift-r-20221224"/> Notable projects, organizations and individuals on Liberapay include:
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* [[Archive.today]] ([[web archiving]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://liberapay.com/archiveis|title=archiveis - Liberapay|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170711110938/https://liberapay.com/archiveis|archive-date=2017-07-11|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'' ([[video game]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49668|title=Wesnoth on Liberapay - The Battle for Wesnoth Forums|date=2019-04-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200228105733/https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49668|archive-date=2020-02-28}}</ref>
* [[GIMP]] ([[image editor]])<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/GIMP/ GIMP]", liberapay.com.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gimp.org/donating/#liberapay|title=GIMP - Donate|date=2020-02-28}}</ref>
* [[Matrix (communication protocol)|Matrix]] ([[open standard]] and [[communication protocol]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://matrix.org/blog/2017/07/07/a-call-to-arms-supporting-matrix|title=A Call to Arms: Supporting Matrix!|date=2017-07-07}}</ref>
* [[David Revoy]] (creator of [[webcomic]] ''[[Pepper&Carrot]]'')<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/davidrevoy/ davidrevoy]", liberapay.com.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/article418/peppercarrot-is-now-on-liberapay|title=Pepper&Carrot is now on Liberapay|date=2017-07-13}}</ref>
* [[FreeCAD]] ([[Computer-aided_design|CAD]] modeler and [[Building_information_modeling|BIM]] application)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/FreeCAD/ FreeCAD]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[F-Droid-Data]] (handle apps in [[F-Droid]])<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/F-Droid-Data/ F-Droid-Data]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[microG]] ([[drop-in replacement]] for [[Google Play Services]])<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/microG/ microG]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[Debian#Derivatives_and_flavors|Mobian]] ([[Debian]] for mobile)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/mobian/ Mobian]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[Riseup]] VPN ([[VPN service]])<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/riseupvpn/ Riseup VPN]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[Borg (backup software)|Borg]] ([[backup software]])<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/borgbackup/ BorgBackup Development]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[Remmina]] ([[remote desktop]] client)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/Remmina/ Remmina — Remote Desktop client for Linux, macOS, and WSL2.]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* FreeTube (a [[YouTube]] client built for privacy)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/FreeTube/ FreeTube]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[PipeWire]] (server handling media streams and hardware on Linux)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/PipeWire/ PipeWire Team]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[Magit]] ([[Git]] client)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/magit/ magit]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[Mumble (software)|Mumble]] ([[voice over IP]] software)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/mumble/ Mumble VoIP]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[Lemmy (software)|Lemmy]] (software for running forums, part of the [[Fediverse]])<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/Lemmy/ Lemmy]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* Wallabag (self hostable application for saving web pages)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/wallabag/ wallabag]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* Telegram-FOSS (mobile client for [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]])<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/Telegram-FOSS/ Telegram-FOSS]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* YourDigitalRights.org (online privacy)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/YourDigitalRights.org/ Conscious Digital]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* [[OpenTracks]] (sport tracking application with privacy)<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/OpenTracks/ OpenTracks]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* Liberapay project<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/Liberapay/ Liberapay]", liberapay.com.</ref>
* Liberapay organization<ref>"[https://liberapay.com/LiberapayOrg/ LiberapayOrg]", liberapay.com.</ref>
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== History ==
== History ==
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| footer = The webcomic ''[[Pepper&Carrot]]'' created by [[David Revoy]] is one project that can be supported using Liberapay (left). In 2018, when Mangopay withdrew its services as payment processor, Revoy created "Liberapay Is in Trouble" (right) with the title characters from the webcomic.
| footer = The webcomic ''[[Pepper&Carrot]]'' created by [[David Revoy]] is one project that can be supported using Liberapay (left). In 2018, when Mangopay withdrew its services as payment processor, Revoy created the illustration "Liberapay Is in Trouble" (right) with the title characters from the webcomic.
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Revision as of 15:02, 5 February 2023

Liberapay
Type of site
Crowdfunding platform
Available in30+ languages[1]
URLliberapay.com
LaunchedFebruary 3, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-03)
Written inPython

Liberapay is a platform for recurrent donations.[2][3] It is maintained by a non-profit organization, also named Liberapay, registered in France.

Service

The service does not charge a fee on donations aside from that required by the underlying payment processors, instead financing its own activity through donations handled by the service itself in the same way as donations to third-parties are handled.[3] As of October 2020, Liberapay uses payment processors PayPal and Stripe.[4]

Unlike other crowdfunding platforms, Liberapay does not allow creators to reward their patrons. This difference in the nature of the transactions has tax implications. For example, Patreon collects VAT on all payments made from inside the European Union[5] whereas Liberapay does not.[6]

Content

The platform emphasizes Free/Libre/Open (FLO) software and culture but does not enforce this or curate the content.[7] Notable projects, organizations and individuals on Liberapay include:

History

Pepper&Carrot in Liberapay Lantern
Pepper&Carrot in Liberapay Is in Trouble
The webcomic Pepper&Carrot created by David Revoy is one project that can be supported using Liberapay (left). In 2018, when Mangopay withdrew its services as payment processor, Revoy created the illustration "Liberapay Is in Trouble" (right) with the title characters from the webcomic.

Started in 2015 in France, Liberapay began as a fork of the now-defunct US-based platform Gratipay.com (originally known as Gittip), which had undergone changes after facing legal issues.[33]

Initially, Liberapay's only currency was the euro, but support for the US dollar was added in December 2017, one month after Gratipay announced that it would shut down,[34] and support for 31 other currencies was added in 2018.[35]

In 2018, Liberapay had to respond to Mangopay withdrawing its services as payment processor.[36] Support for two other payment processors was added, but the way the platform works had to change.[37] In the same year Medium briefly suspended the organisation's blog account, claiming they were publishing articles about cryptocurrencies.[38]

In 2022, Liberapay started using machine translation services to automatically complete the translations of its website.[39]

References

  1. ^ Liberapay's translations on Weblate. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  2. ^ "Après un an d'activité, Liberapay veut être l'alternative libre pour les dons récurrents" [A year after its launch, Liberapay wants to be the open source alternative for recurrent donations] (in French). 2017-04-13. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16.
  3. ^ a b "Introduction - Liberapay". Archived from the original on 2017-08-21.
  4. ^ "Payment Processors - Liberapay". en.liberapay.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ^ "How does VAT work on Patreon?". 2018-03-25.
  6. ^ Tweet from Liberapay about VAT, 2018-03-13.
  7. ^ "Other Crowdfunding / Fundraising Services" (archived), snowdrift.coop, retrieved 24 December 2022.
  8. ^ "archiveis - Liberapay". Archived from the original on 2017-07-11.
  9. ^ "Wesnoth on Liberapay - The Battle for Wesnoth Forums". 2019-04-05. Archived from the original on 2020-02-28.
  10. ^ "GIMP", liberapay.com.
  11. ^ "GIMP - Donate". 2020-02-28.
  12. ^ "A Call to Arms: Supporting Matrix!". 2017-07-07.
  13. ^ "davidrevoy", liberapay.com.
  14. ^ "Pepper&Carrot is now on Liberapay". 2017-07-13.
  15. ^ "FreeCAD", liberapay.com.
  16. ^ "F-Droid-Data", liberapay.com.
  17. ^ "microG", liberapay.com.
  18. ^ "Mobian", liberapay.com.
  19. ^ "Riseup VPN", liberapay.com.
  20. ^ "BorgBackup Development", liberapay.com.
  21. ^ "Remmina — Remote Desktop client for Linux, macOS, and WSL2.", liberapay.com.
  22. ^ "FreeTube", liberapay.com.
  23. ^ "PipeWire Team", liberapay.com.
  24. ^ "magit", liberapay.com.
  25. ^ "Mumble VoIP", liberapay.com.
  26. ^ "Lemmy", liberapay.com.
  27. ^ "wallabag", liberapay.com.
  28. ^ "Telegram-FOSS", liberapay.com.
  29. ^ "Conscious Digital", liberapay.com.
  30. ^ "OpenTracks", liberapay.com.
  31. ^ "Liberapay", liberapay.com.
  32. ^ "LiberapayOrg", liberapay.com.
  33. ^ "Gratipay, Liberapay - Open source tipping apps struggle". P2P Foundation. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  34. ^ "Liberapay now supports US dollars". 2017-12-07. Archived from the original on 2018-02-09.
  35. ^ "The third year of Liberapay". 2019-02-04.
  36. ^ "Liberapay is in trouble". 2018-07-12.
  37. ^ "Liberapay status update". 2018-10-12.
  38. ^ Sanders, James (March 26, 2018). "Why passage of SESTA/FOSTA is leading some cloud providers to terminate users". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  39. ^ Liberapay on Twitter: “Thanks to machine translations, Liberapay is now fully available in 34 languages”, 2022-09-16.


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