[SteveK]

caphq, you're way off base here! Why don't you take the time to do some research on the phpportals website about "donations".

The author isn't asking solely for monetary "donations". Primarily he set it up so that people would help out in some way (bug identification, feature hacks, etc). This is so that vbPortals can improve. But, many of us took the easy route and contributed money to help pay for his time & expenses which is another way to contribute. Nowhere does he claim to be a non-profit organization seeking tax-free donations. If you do ever look at the product, you'll see that what he has done is worth multiple times the contribution he is asking for (either $ or your time).