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'''Liberapay''' is "a non-profit organization founded in 2015 in France by Changaco and Zatalyz"<ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://liberapay.com/about/|title=Introduction - Liberapay|archive-url=https://archive.is/20170821061314/https://liberapay.com/about/|archive-date=2017-08-21|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref><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|last=|first=|date=2017-04-13|website=|language=French|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|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> mainly providing a serviceplatform to donate money to teams, organizations and individuals. It split from [[Gratipay]] after it underwent legal issues and turned to a more business-oriented approach; Liberapay attempts to be more adapted to [[European Union]] legal frameworks.<ref name="p2pf">{{Cite news|url=https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/gratipay-liberapay-open-source-tipping/2016/03/11|title=Gratipay, Liberapay - Open source tipping apps struggle|date=2016-03-11|work=P2P Foundation|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref> The service does not charge a fee on donations aside from that required by its [[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="p2pfabout" />
 
Liberapay began as a European [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of the now-defunct [[United States|US]]-based platform [https://gratipay.com/ Gratipay], which had underwent changes after facing legal issues.<ref name="p2pf">{{Cite news|url=https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/gratipay-liberapay-open-source-tipping/2016/03/11|title=Gratipay, Liberapay - Open source tipping apps struggle|date=2016-03-11|work=P2P Foundation|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Notable projects on Liberapay include [[Archive.is]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://liberapay.com/archiveis|title=archiveis - Liberapay|archive-url=https://archive.is/20170711110938/https://liberapay.com/archiveis|archive-date=2017-07-11|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref>, [[Mastodon (software)|Mastodon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/8290620|title=Mastodon now has a team on Liberapay|date=2017-06-07}}</ref>, [[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> and [[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><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.liberapay.com/matrixdotorg|title=Matrixdotorg - Liberapay|date=2017-09-16}}</ref>.