The contractual pledge is concise: 10% of the hosting fee goes upstream to the relevant project. This FAQ explains that sentence without adding any operational detail. The linked current guide provides additional explanatory context, while the contract remains the authoritative scope.
What is the contractual core?
When the service hosts an open-source project, the contract states that ten percent of the hosting fee goes upstream to the relevant project. “Relevant project” identifies the open-source project connected with the hosting service. This sentence is the complete contribution commitment addressed here; it is not a promise about a particular accounting workflow or an extra product feature.
What does this FAQ deliberately leave open?
This short statement does not add an implementation rule for customers. Use the same wording when discussing the pledge with colleagues, and preserve the source terms for later reference. Keep the contract and order records together, and ask for account-specific clarification when the wording needs context.
Does the pledge change how an app works?
No technical setup follows from the contribution sentence. Configure the application according to the upstream project’s documentation for the version you run. Export, update, recovery, and access questions belong to the app workflow and service terms, not to this pledge FAQ. Do not infer a hosting feature from the existence of the contribution. The app still follows its documented release, access, and recovery behavior; review those materials when your use changes.
How should I use the current guide?
Read the current upstream-pledge guide for the latest explanatory context. A guide can describe background in more detail and can be revised independently; it does not expand the contractual sentence quoted above. If guide wording and your signed terms appear different, rely on the contract for the scope of the pledge and request clarification before drawing a conclusion.
Where can I check the app context?
The alternative map lists the open-source projects discussed by the service. It is a comparison resource, not an additional contribution rule. For current plan information, use the products page. For an account-specific question about the contractual wording, send the relevant context through the support ticket form.