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docs: add a Become a Sponsor page (#1732)
* docs: add a Become a Sponsor page GeoLibre already has a GitHub Sponsors and Buy Me a Coffee presence through .github/FUNDING.yml, but nothing on geolibre.app surfaced it. This adds a sponsor page covering both, what the money supports, and free ways to help, then links it from the nav, footer, home page, contributing guide, acknowledgements, and the README. * Address review feedback - Use American "license" in the lead, matching "MIT License" in the same sentence and the repo's LICENSE file. - Label the sponsorship table's first column "Option" so it has an accessible header instead of an empty cell.
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‎README.md‎

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- [Roadmap](docs/roadmap.md)
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- [Contributing](docs/contributing.md)
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- [How to Cite](docs/citation.md)
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- [Become a Sponsor](docs/sponsor.md)
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Contributions are welcome. See the [Contributing](docs/contributing.md) guide
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for the development setup, repository layout, and quality gate.
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## Sponsor
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GeoLibre is free and open source, and stays that way. If it is useful to you or your team, sponsorship is the most direct way to keep development, hosting, and cross-platform distribution going.
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- [**GitHub Sponsors**](https://github.com/sponsors/giswqs) - monthly or one-time, billed through your GitHub account.
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- [**Buy Me a Coffee**](https://buymeacoffee.com/giswqs) - a quick one-off contribution, no account required.
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See the [Become a Sponsor](https://geolibre.app/sponsor/) page for what sponsorship supports and for other, free ways to help.
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## Acknowledgements
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GeoLibre is built on the free and open-source geospatial and web communities — including MapLibre GL JS, deck.gl, DuckDB-WASM Spatial, Turf.js, Tauri, React, and many more. See the full [Acknowledgements](https://geolibre.app/acknowledgements/) page for the complete list of projects and community contributors.

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Want to see your name here? Contributions of every size are welcome — from
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filing a well-described bug report to writing a plugin. See the
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[Contributing guide](contributing.md) to get started.
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If you would rather support the project financially, see
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[Become a Sponsor](sponsor.md).

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Run its tests with `npm run test:backend` from the repository root, or
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## Sponsoring
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Code is not the only way to contribute. If you or your organization depend on
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GeoLibre, financial support keeps development, hosting, and app-store
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distribution going — see [Become a Sponsor](sponsor.md) for
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[GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/giswqs) and
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[Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/giswqs).
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## License
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GeoLibre is released under the [MIT License](https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre/blob/main/LICENSE).

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[NMEA receiver support](user-guide/map-controls.md#gps-tracking) in GPS Tracking.
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The [roadmap](roadmap.md) tracks every release, version by version.
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## Support GeoLibre
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GeoLibre is free and open source, and stays that way. If it is useful to you or
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your team, [becoming a sponsor](sponsor.md) — through
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[GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/giswqs) or
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[Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/giswqs) — is the most direct way to
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keep development, hosting, and app-store distribution going.

‎docs/sponsor.md‎

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# Become a Sponsor
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GeoLibre is free and open-source software, released under the
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[MIT License](https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre/blob/main/LICENSE) and
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developed in the open. There is no paid tier, no seat license, and no telemetry —
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everything on this site is available to everyone, forever.
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That model only works if the work behind it is sustainable. If GeoLibre saves you
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or your team time, sponsorship is the most direct way to keep it moving.
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[Sponsor on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/giswqs){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
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[Buy me a coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/giswqs){ .md-button }
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## Ways to sponsor
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| Option | What it is | Best for |
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| **[GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/giswqs)** | Monthly or one-time sponsorship, billed through your existing GitHub account. | Individuals and organizations that want recurring support, and companies that can expense it alongside other GitHub spend. |
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| **[Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/giswqs)** | A quick one-off contribution, no account required. | A small thank-you for a feature or bug fix that helped you. |
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Both go to [Qiusheng Wu](https://github.com/giswqs), the maintainer of GeoLibre
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and the wider [opengeos](https://github.com/opengeos) ecosystem.
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## What your sponsorship supports
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- **Development time** — new features from the [Roadmap](roadmap.md), bug fixes,
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and keeping up with fast-moving upstream dependencies such as MapLibre GL JS,
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DuckDB-WASM, deck.gl, and Tauri.
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- **Shipping to every platform** — the paid developer accounts, code signing, and
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notarization behind the [Mac App Store](mac-app-store.md), Microsoft Store, and
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[Google Play](android.md) listings, which the project pays for whether or not
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anyone sponsors it.
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- **Hosting** — [geolibre.app](https://geolibre.app), the
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[web app](https://web.geolibre.app/), and the demo data behind the
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[tutorials](tutorials/index.md).
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- **Documentation and teaching** — the [User Guide](user-guide/interface.md),
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tutorials, and example projects that make the tool usable without training.
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- **Support** — triaging issues, answering questions, and reviewing community
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pull requests.
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## Sponsoring as an organization
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If your team depends on GeoLibre and you would like to discuss a larger or
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invoiced sponsorship, please
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[open an issue](https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre/issues/new/choose) or start a
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[discussion](https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre/discussions) to get in touch.
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Grant-funded and institutional support is welcome too. If GeoLibre is part of a
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proposal, please also see [How to Cite](citation.md).
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## Other ways to support GeoLibre
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Sponsorship is not the only currency, and none of these cost anything:
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- **Star and share** — [star the repository](https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre)
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and tell colleagues who are looking for a lightweight GIS.
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- **Report bugs well** — a reproducible
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[issue](https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre/issues) is worth a great deal.
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- **Contribute code or plugins** — see the [Contributing guide](contributing.md)
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and the [Plugin API](plugin-api.md).
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- **Translate the interface** — GeoLibre ships in many languages; see
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[Internationalization](i18n.md) to add or improve one.
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- **Cite it** — if GeoLibre supports your research, [cite it](citation.md). A
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## Thank you
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Every sponsor, contributor, bug reporter, and beta tester listed on the
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[Acknowledgements](acknowledgements.md) page has helped make GeoLibre what it is.
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Thank you.
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## See also
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- [Features](features.md) — what GeoLibre can do today.
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- [Roadmap](roadmap.md) — release history and what comes next.
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- [Contributing](contributing.md) — the development setup and quality gate.
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- [Acknowledgements](acknowledgements.md) — the projects and people behind GeoLibre.

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- icon: fontawesome/solid/heart
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name: Sponsor GeoLibre on GitHub
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- icon: fontawesome/solid/mug-hot
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link: https://buymeacoffee.com/giswqs
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name: Buy the maintainer a coffee

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