The AutoHotkey Foundation LLC
The Name
The name “AutoHotkey Foundation LLC” comes directly from the name of the software“AutoHotkey”. It is a non-profit LLC (Limited Liability Company) founded for thissoftware. Here is the Certificate of Organization.

Our Purpose
The “AutoHotkey Foundation LLC” was founded on April 24th 2014 in Indiana, USA. It
was created in order to prevent monetization, ensure the continuing existence of thesoftware “AutoHotkey” and naturally, continue the support for it. This foundation
provides organizational, legal, and financial support for this software. It is a volunteer
organization created “by the community, for the community”.

Who manages it?
The foundation’s managers are Charlie Simmons (tank), Steve Gray (Lexikos) and
Joachim de Fourestier (joedf) with guidance from Chris Mallett (the creator of thesoftware “AutoHotkey”).

Our Mission
The tenets of this project will not change. We have and will continue to filter obviouswrongdoing. That said, we are not to be held responsible for any misuse. We shall not befinancially liable for any misdeed. An LLC also serves to separate person from entity.
Consider the following example: violating a license is not a criminal matter but there
could be legal concerns if we appeared to have supported it. As such, the AutoHotkey
Foundation LLC is not to be held responsible for any misuse of this product.

Many users were unhappy with the forum software changes and site administration
policies, and when these opinions were voiced, entire threads were deleted as well as
moderators were getting stripped of their privileges. Finally, we came here(ahkscript.org) and contacted Chris for his approval of creating a foundation.
Here is a quote:
Having a real organization, especially a legal entity, would be quite anachievement. I’m glad you’ve done some preliminary research into it because it’s
far beyond anything I have any knowledge of. My response to your proposal isthat as long as I wouldn’t be responsible for the legal aspects or any other part ofmaintaining the organization (keeping it going), I wouldn’t mind having somekind of guiding/suggesting position just the way you described, with someemergency authority in case things ever departed radically from the original spiritof the project (such as moving toward commercialization or bundling third-party,
disreputable software with AutoHotkey).
We want a free and open, unaffiliated community that is transparent and respectful to all
fellow users and developers. Here is our mission statement:-Provide highly useful Open Source Software (OSS) free of charge at thefoundation owned domain.
Support the Software
Keep it Open Source
Not monetize the software or support site.
Have more than one person that can make changes to the site
Offer a web site to support the scripting software for windows- A support forum suitable to the sharing of knowledge for a scripting
community.
- Administration without monopoly- Solicits content improvements from the community- Hosts documentation that is freely available- Protects the community from SPAM, violent, derogatory, or any otherabusive content.
- Transparently identifies Moderators and Site Administrators- Supports users of multiple preferred languages when the user base is large
enough to support it and adequate moderators are available.

Our History
You may read about it in detail here: https://autohotkey.com/foundation/history.html

Contributions
We are and will always be a volunteer organization. No one that is part of this will collectsalary or fee. In the interest of staying with Chris's wish to not monetize “AutoHotkey”,
from time to time we may need to open up and allow donations. Please note contributions
are not only monetary. You may also contribute by developing code, submitting a bug
fix, improving the documentation, helping other members, or even just filling a bug
report. All funds or donations collected should and will be given to support thisfoundation and not to elicit any favour or rank.
You may donate through PayPal here.

Contact information
For any concerns, issues or any other problems, it is suggested to try the support forum
first. If the subject matter is specifically about the foundation or its resources, you may
also contact support (support[at]ahkscript.org).