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Address comments from @tieguy
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- [x] A participant may give money to a Project..." this clause is the only mention of money in the entire document; other similar statements make reference to payments, not "money". Probably not a huge issue but maybe something to flag to the payments attorney, or just go ahead and make consistent.
- [x] "The Service is a platform to facilitate this agreement" - earlier, we say the Service is a platform to facilitate payments. I think we should drop/rewrite the first, since I presume this later, repeated phrasing about facilitating the agreement was tailored to address financial regulation concerns.
- [x] "Projects ... must be consistent" and "Gratipay reserves the right..." both seem like they should be in general terms, since they apply to other Collaborators as well, not just Project Owners.
- [x] The three sections titled "Obligations" should be retitled something like "Terms for Givers..." etc., since they contain things beyond obligations.
- [x] The Project is not a legal entity; would it be more accurate to say the agreement is with the Project Owner?
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1. General Rules

1. The Service is a platform to facilitate payments for goods or services
("Work").

1. A Participant may establish a Project on the Service. The Participant who
establishes a Project is the Project Owner. Projects may optionally have
other Participants as Collaborators.

1. A Participant may give money to a Project. A Participant who gives money
1. A Participant may give payments to a Project. A Participant who gives payments
to a Project is a Giver.

1. Projects and their Work must be consistent with Gratipay's [Brand
Guidelines](http://inside.gratipay.com/big-picture/brand/) and Acceptable
Use Policy.

1. Gratipay reserves the right to reject, suspend, or remove a Project at any
time, and for any reason.

1. Obligations of Project Owners
1. Terms for Project Owners

1. A Project can use the Service to receive payments from Givers for Work
provided by the Project. When you establish a Project on the Service, you
agree that payments will be used exclusively to support the Work described in
your Project's profile.

1. By accepting a payment from a Giver, the Project forms an agreement with
1. By accepting a payment from a Giver, the Project Owner forms an agreement with
that Giver to provide the Project's Work. The Service is a platform to
facilitate this agreement. Gratipay is not a party to the agreement, and is not
responsible to either the Project or the Giver if either party breaches the
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Owner has provided a working withdrawal mechanism for receiving payments
(e.g. bank account information).

1. Projects and their Work must be consistent with Gratipay's [Brand
Guidelines](http://inside.gratipay.com/big-picture/brand/) and Acceptable
Use Policy.

1. Gratipay reserves the right to reject, suspend, or remove a Project at any
time, and for any reason.

1. Establishing a Project on Gratipay involves an application and approval
process. As part of this process, the Gratipay community will have the
opportunity to publicly evaluate and provide commentary about the Project.
However, all decisions regarding whether to accept, reject, suspend, remove, or
take any other action regarding a Project belong solely to Gratipay.

1. Obligations of Collaborators
1. Terms for Collaborators

1. Projects can use the Service to distribute payments to Collaborators.

Expand All @@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ the Collaborator fails to provide the promised goods or services).
between the Project's Owner and Collaborators regarding the allocation of
payments is solely between those parties.

1. Obligations of Givers
1. Terms for Givers

1. When you make a payment to a Project, it is a payment to fund the Work
described in the Project's profile. You understand and acknowledge that
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