Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Please read these Terms of Service carefully before accessing or using GBTI products and services. By using the service, you agree to these terms.

Usage License

Code published by the GBTI organization carries one of the following open-source licenses: MIT, GPL-3.0, or BSL. The applicable license is stated in each repository or product.

Membership

Membership in the GBTI Network requires a GitHub account.

• Visitors can browse the public site freely.
• Trial membership is a 90-day, limited-access trial of the community. No payment card is required to start it.
• Paid membership is $150 USD per year. Paid membership unlocks your public presence on the network (your profile, articles, products, and prompts) and full community access.

Publishing to the network is for paid members. During the trial you can author and stage drafts, and you can publish them once you become a paid member.

Publishing through the public repository

Content you publish is committed to a public Git repository and is visible to anyone. By publishing, you confirm that you have the right to share the content and grant other members and the public the right to view it. You are responsible for your own content. See our Privacy Policy for what publishing to a public repository means, including the limits of later removal.

GBTI may unpublish or remove content that violates these terms or the Code of Conduct.

Payments

Payments are processed by Stripe. GBTI does not store or manage card details on its own systems. Your annual membership renews automatically unless you cancel. You can cancel at any time to stop future renewals.

Refunds

You may cancel your membership at any time, which prevents the next renewal. Except where required by applicable consumer law, fees already paid for the current membership period are non-refundable. If you believe you are entitled to a refund, please contact us.

Revenue share

GBTI shares revenue with the members whose content brings new paying members in, the members who improve or discuss that content, and the members who personally invite someone who joins. The distribution is fixed and automatic; content owners do not choose it. This is a forward-looking program, and these terms are subject to final review before the program is activated.

• Discovery and closing. When a visitor becomes a paid member, the first eligible member-owned item they viewed earns its author 30 percent of that member’s paid membership revenue, and the last eligible item they viewed before joining earns its author 10 percent (40 percent if the same item did both), for the lifetime of that membership. This is subject to a settlement hold and active-member requirements. See the referral terms for details.
• Collaboration. A fixed 5 percent pool is shared, automatically and equally, by the members who commented on or contributed to those first-touch and last-touch items before the signup. The qualifying contributors and commenters are counted once at conversion; there is no persistent points ledger and content owners do not decide what is revenue-bearing.
• Invite commission. A member who personally brings someone in through their own invite link earns a flat 10 percent of the new member’s paid membership revenue, for the lifetime of that membership. This commission is paid from the platform’s retained share and never reduces the shares earned by content owners and collaborators. It does not pay when the inviting member already earns a content share on the same conversion.

Payouts are made in USD. Recipients of more than 600 USD in a year may be required to complete tax forms that satisfy legal requirements before payout.

Support

GBTI is not obligated to support or maintain its products and may remove products from membership access at any time. Products created and published by GBTI, its members, and its affiliates are provided for educational and inspirational purposes. Supplementary development services may be available through third-party agencies, where you can request free estimates for work not scheduled by the GBTI team.

Code of Conduct

As a member of the GBTI community, you are expected to conduct yourself in a professional and respectful manner. Membership can be revoked for conduct that violates the pillars below.

1. Communication. Communicate respectfully, avoid personal attacks, and show understanding towards differing opinions.
2. Harassment. We do not tolerate harassment of any kind, including discrimination, racism, sexism, ableism, or any other form of discrimination.
3. Confidentiality. Discussions in private community spaces are confidential. Screenshots and recordings of private conversations may not be republished or reshared without the prior permission of everyone involved, including GBTI administration.
4. Professionalism. Conduct yourself professionally at all times when representing GBTI, online or in person.
5. Community. Share your thoughts and ideas to improve the community, and offer suggestions constructively.
6. Inclusivity. Help make GBTI a welcoming space for everyone.
7. Compliance. Comply with all GBTI policies. Violations may result in suspension or removal from the community.

Enforcement

• GBTI leadership reserves the right to revoke membership for any violation of this Code of Conduct.
• Members are encouraged to report behavior that violates these guidelines to the GBTI leadership team.
• All reports are treated confidentially and investigated thoroughly.

Reserved rights

GBTI may change these terms of service. GBTI reserves the right to refuse or discontinue service to any user. GBTI is not liable for damages or inconveniences arising from the use of GBTI products or services, or from interactions between GBTI members. Where liability cannot be excluded under applicable law, it is limited to the maximum extent that law permits.

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