As always, consult your accountant or tax attorney, but we believe they could be considered as an expense on your side so therefore would deduct from your net profit.
FAQs
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No. The Falcon Player project is not considered a charitable organization and does not have 501(c)(3) status.
No. The IRS has not made it easy over the past few years for Open Source projects to gain 501(c)(3) status, so the Falcon Player developers have chosen not to pursue this. We would rather spend our time coding new features and fixing bugs than dealing with lawyers and the […]
No, a license key stays with the first cape it is registered to. Once the license key is applied to a cape, it is tied to that cape. The Pi/BB/PB device Serial Number is also recorded in the signed EEPROM and FPP checks that serial number to make sure it […]
Yes. The license key is tied to a cape, so the license key transfers with the cape if you sell a cape to another user. If you sell a cape to someone else, give them the original order number and License Key information. The buyer can contact sales@FalconPlayer.com and we […]
A good portion of money from sales and donations is fed directly back into supporting FPP. This applies in multiple ways including buying hardware to test FPP on such as new Pi/BB/PB versions, providing capes and other hardware to the support team members, and even traveling to shows to teach […]
Currently the only capes which contain signed EEPROMs are Kulp capes sold by KulpLights and various other vendors. A new Pi cape for the DPIPixels output is under development by David Pitts and will include a signed EEPROM when sold. Capes by Dan Kulp and David Pitts which contain a […]
Yes. The existing RPIWS281X Channel Output that drives 2 strings of 1600 pixels on a Raspberry Pi will continue to function as long as the rpi_ws281x library maintainer supports the library. DPIPixels is not required for using 2 strings of pixels on a Pi. The advantage of switching to DPIPixels […]
You are free to stay on FPP v5.x for as long as you want. You won’t have access to DPIPixels, bug fixes, or other enhancements, but as the saying goes “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We can not guarantee that there will not be changes in FPP Connect […]
Not currently. As it stands now, the main benefit of applying a license key is removing the pixel limits on the BBB48String, BBShiftString, and DPIPixels Channel Outputs and enabling onboard cape sensors. We do not feel that it makes sense to offer trial licenses since otherwise the software works the […]
