Sponsoring 

The development of Grid Elements was funded by T-Systems, Cybercraft and via a crowd funding project with participation of 99 supporters. In addition, this new version is now managed by Coders.Care and was supported by additional sponsors in a private access phase.

Inspiring people to share 

We strongly believe in the principles of Open-source software, which is why we share Grid Elements with you completely free of charge.

Still even contributors to Open-source projects have to make a living somehow, so even though you are not obliged to do so, you should consider sharing a small part of the money you might be earning with this extension in return. This way we can make sure to still provide the TYPO3 community with better extensions and services in the future.

Thanks in advance for your support.

How to support our efforts? 

Get one of the Service Level Agreements offered together with our fellow coders at Coders.Care. This helps keep Grid Elements and other covered extensions maintained, with a defined response time for support requests.
A service which allows you to become one of our Patrons on a monthly basis. Depending on the tier you choose, this can include a personal mention in the next release or the option to submit a feature request.
You don't want to sponsor monthly? Don't worry, you can also support us via PayPal with any desired amount you find reasonable.
Sometimes you want to give it a personal touch. When you want to thank Joey and Petra with a nice Single Malt you should take a look here. Slàinte mhath!

The Agreement 

Summarized from the Coders.Care blog post Service Level Agreements for TYPO3 Extensions, which explains the reasoning behind these agreements in more detail.

Enabling companies, developers and the community to join forces and thrive 

The benefit for sponsors agreeing to a service level is defined by reliability and responsiveness, and by earlier access rather than exclusive access: every improved version still becomes public for the whole community in the end, sponsors simply receive it sooner, depending on the level they choose.

Developers who take part commit to publishing their fixes and changes to the covered extensions, so the wider pool of developers involved can continue to maintain them together. This spreads maintenance across more than one person, reducing the risk that an extension is left without a maintainer.

Collaboration with the TYPO3 Core and security teams helps keep the covered extensions aligned with current TYPO3 Core versions, and lets core-related issues affecting extension behaviour be identified and addressed more quickly.