legal: Publisher Release Agreement — complete fee-ready rewrite (v2026-07-06)

[philip638]

Reworks /publisher-agreement into a complete, fee-ready Initial Release Agreement — free today, but structured so a license/listing fee can be switched on later with no further edits to this document (the amount lives in the 30-day notice + checkout, never in the doc).

Highlights

• Brand/entity fix: Vulture Labs, Inc. (Delaware corp) is the entity; Pilot Protocol is the network/app store.
• §13 — Initial Release; Amendment; Fees, Billing & Renewal:
  • Binding initial release agreement; advertising / promoted placement / revenue-share are handled by a separate negotiated agreement (which may be confidential).
  • Reserve the right to charge a license/listing fee with ≥30 days' prior notice (notice states the amount; opt out by removing your App before the effective date; continued listing = acceptance).
  • Billing via third-party processor (Stripe) with recurring-charge consent, tax hand-off, non-payment → delist, cancel-anytime.
  • Pro-rata refund if we delist an App without the publisher's fault — resolves the "delist anytime + paid fee" fairness gap.
• §16 — Confidentiality reconciled with reality: this public doc's terms are not confidential; confidentiality attaches to review info + any future supplemental commercial agreement; mutual carve-out so either party may discuss the App's performance.
• §17: entire-agreement clause acknowledges the §13 supplemental agreement.
• Self-contained liability cap (greater of trailing-12-mo fees or US$100 — scales automatically once fees are live), §1542 waiver, Delaware courts + jury/class waivers, architecture-accurate revocation.
• Header marked Initial Release Agreement · v2026-07-06 · Effective July 6, 2026. Legal notice address filled: 280 Edgehill Way, San Francisco, CA 94127.

Builds clean (npm run build, 326 pages).

Operational note (no doc change needed)

To start charging: send the 30-day notice with the amount + a Stripe link; publishers who keep listing past the effective date have accepted. For recurring fees, let the Stripe Checkout click carry the auto-renewal consent.

Not legal advice

Have counsel confirm §8 (cap), §10–11 (privacy/export), §13 (fees/refund/consumer-protection), and §14 (jurisdiction + waivers), especially for the non-U.S. publisher base.

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[philip638]

@TeoSlayer requesting your review on this one — publisher agreement rewrite (brand/entity fix + liability cap + §1542 + dispute waivers). Two placeholders ([Effective Date], [legal notice address]) still need founder sign-off before merge.