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Supporter FAQ

Short answers to common questions from people who want to support Exponential - skills needed, where to start, licenses, money, 7x versus the Foundation, recognition and companies - with links to the full pages.

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Supporter FAQ

Do I need to be a developer to help? No. Bug reports, translations, documentation, forum answers and advocacy need no code. Ways to support Exponential

What is the quickest useful thing I can do? Fix a mistake with "Edit on GitHub" on any help page, or answer one forum question. Supporters: start here

Will my pull request be rejected? "Every pull request is merged" (doc/eng-us/bc/6.0/ci.md). While it is open, you squash it and rebase it onto main as the reviews ask. Contributing code

Under which license is my contribution published? Code: GPL v2 or later (CONTRIBUTING.md). Documentation: GFDL 1.3 or later. Contributing documentation

Do I have to sign anything, and what do I give up? For code contributions to the core kernel, yes: a Contributor Licensing Agreement (CLA), once, before the first merge. By signing and submitting, you assign the copyright in your contribution to the Exponential Foundation and 7x, which become its owners, and give up control over it: the Exponential Foundation and 7x may use, change, relicense and distribute it in any way, without asking or paying you, and you cannot take it back. Your own extensions are not affected. Copyright assignment (CLA)

What should I paste when I ask for help or report a bug? The output of ./console exp:info --json --no-logo (or --plain): the versions of Exponential, PHP, the database, the engine and every extension, with the hints. Secrets are never included, so it is safe in a public issue. The system card

Where do I report a security problem? Privately to [email protected], never in public. Testing and reporting bugs

Should I give money to 7x or to the Exponential Foundation? Both work for the project. 7x is the company that does most of the development; the Foundation is the nonprofit that operates the project. Two organizations, two sponsor pages

Is my donation tax deductible? The Foundation states that donations to it are tax deductible in the United States; check with your tax adviser. Sponsoring 7x, a company, is not described as a donation. Billing, receipts and tax

How small can a contribution be? GitHub Sponsors tiers start at $2 a month (7x) and $5 a month (the Foundation), as listed on 18 October 2026; any amount helps. Funding the work

Will I be credited? Your commits keep your name; sponsor tiers list their recognition. Recognition for supporters

My company uses Exponential. What should we do? Sponsor, give staff time, and contribute generic work back. Supporting Exponential as a company

What is the difference between a supporter, a sponsor and a partner? What an Exponential Partner is

Become an Exponential Partner

Partners share their information, provide funding, contribute back and develop the products with us, and that is how Exponential grows. A partner website and dashboard are planned for mid-2027: please become a partner today to speed up our growth rate and land new features faster.

Partners: start here How to apply

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