EC Copyright Footer Tooltip Supplement

No Raw Database Data Claim

For clarity, this document does not claim that Quintin N. Mahan owns raw facts, raw database rows, independent outside source records, CRS-owned operational records, customer-owned records, third-party-owned records, or customer relationships merely because such information is entered into, stored in, processed by, displayed through, backed up with, or exported from EC.

This document protects EC Protected Materials: the application, software, source code, schemas, database design, data model, relationships, indexes, workflows, dashboards, reports, queries, automations, integrations, APIs, access controls, credentials, hardware, infrastructure, legal records, certificate records, hashes, metadata systems, audit systems, methods, processes, techniques, trade secrets, documentation, and EC-created structural organization.

Version: 1.0
Effective Date: June 1, 2026
Platform: Employee Center / EC
Owner: Quintin N. Mahan
Legal Hub: /legal
Related Root Legal Document: /legal/copyright-proprietary-notice
Recommended Internal Route: /legal/copyright-footer-tooltip-supplement

1. Purpose

This supplemental document provides the recommended footer copyright notice, hover tooltip language, expanded help text, and implementation notes for Employee Center (“EC”).

This supplement is intended to work alongside the existing Copyright and Proprietary Notice.

It is not intended to replace the Copyright and Proprietary Notice, the Employee Center Terms and Conditions, the Origin/Authorship page, or any EC ownership/data-estate policy.

2. Visible Footer Text

The visible footer should remain short and clean:

© 2026 Quintin N. Mahan. All rights reserved.

Recommended placement:

bottom footer of EC pages;
Legal pages;
Policies pages;
login / acceptance pages where practical;
certificate pages where practical;
generated PDFs where practical.

When a user hovers over, taps, focuses, or otherwise opens the copyright notice help text, EC should show this tooltip:

Employee Center (“EC”), including EC software, source code, documentation, workflows, reports, dashboards, automations, integrations, legal records, certificate systems, generated materials, and related proprietary materials, is owned by Quintin N. Mahan except where otherwise stated in a separate written agreement signed by Quintin N. Mahan. EC may include third-party or open-source components that remain subject to their own licenses. Use of third-party or open-source components does not make EC open source and does not transfer ownership of EC.

If EC uses a larger popover, modal, help icon, or “Learn more” panel, use this expanded text:

© 2026 Quintin N. Mahan. All rights reserved.

Employee Center (“EC”) is proprietary software and an operational platform owned by Quintin N. Mahan.

EC includes EC software, source code, documentation, workflows, reports, dashboards, automations, integrations, legal records, certificate systems, generated materials, schemas, metadata, audit records, and related proprietary materials, except where otherwise stated in a separate written agreement signed by Quintin N. Mahan.

The EC Protected Materials, including EC-created, EC-maintained, EC-normalized, EC-merged, EC-enriched, EC-derived, EC-logged, EC-backed-up, EC-reported, EC-generated, and EC-metadata records, is controlled by Quintin N. Mahan to the maximum extent permitted by law and subject to the Employee Center Terms and Conditions.

Independent outside source records may remain separate from EC. A lawful right to an outside source record does not create ownership of EC, EC source code, EC workflows, EC schemas, EC reports, EC dashboards, EC automations, EC legal records, EC certificates, EC backups, or the EC Protected Materials.

EC may include third-party or open-source components that remain subject to their own licenses. Use of third-party or open-source components does not make EC open source and does not transfer ownership of EC.

This notice is not a copyright registration. Copyright registration may be pursued separately.

5. Recommended “Learn More” Link

The tooltip or expanded popover should include a link to the full Copyright and Proprietary Notice:

/legal/copyright-proprietary-notice

Recommended label:

Learn more

Recommended target:

/legal/copyright-proprietary-notice

6. Accessibility Requirements

The tooltip should be accessible by:

mouse hover;
keyboard focus;
tap/click on mobile;
screen reader label or described-by text where practical.

The visible footer text should be focusable if it opens a tooltip or popover.

Do not make the copyright tooltip hover-only on touch devices.

7. Recommended HTML Pattern

A simple implementation pattern:

<footer class="ec-footer">
  <button
    type="button"
    class="ec-copyright-trigger"
    aria-describedby="ec-copyright-tooltip"
    aria-label="Copyright and proprietary notice"
  >
    © 2026 Quintin N. Mahan. All rights reserved.
  </button>

  <div id="ec-copyright-tooltip" role="tooltip" class="ec-tooltip">
    Employee Center (“EC”), including EC software, source code, documentation,
    workflows, reports, dashboards, automations, integrations, legal records,
    certificate systems, generated materials, and related proprietary materials,
    is owned by Quintin N. Mahan except where otherwise stated in a separate
    written agreement signed by Quintin N. Mahan. EC may include third-party or
    open-source components that remain subject to their own licenses. Use of
    third-party or open-source components does not make EC open source and does
    not transfer ownership of EC.

    <a href="/legal/copyright-proprietary-notice">Learn more</a>
  </div>
</footer>

8. Recommended Flask / Jinja Partial

Create a reusable footer partial, for example:

templates/partials/_copyright_footer.html

9. Recommended Behavior

The footer tooltip should:

open on hover for pointer devices;
open on focus for keyboard users;
open on tap/click for mobile users;
close on Escape;
close when the user clicks outside;
not block normal page use;
not replace the full Copyright and Proprietary Notice;
link to the full notice.

10. Recommended CSS Class Names

Suggested class names:

ec-footer
ec-copyright-trigger
ec-tooltip
ec-tooltip-open
ec-tooltip-panel
ec-tooltip-link

The implementation may use existing EC styling conventions.

11. No Registration Claim

Do not state or imply that EC is federally registered with the U.S. Copyright Office unless and until a registration is actually filed and issued.

Allowed language:

© 2026 Quintin N. Mahan. All rights reserved.

Allowed language:

This notice is not a copyright registration. Copyright registration may be pursued separately.

Avoid language such as:

Registered copyright.
Federally registered copyright.
U.S. Copyright Registration No. ______.

unless that registration exists and the number is accurate.

12. Relationship to Other EC Legal Documents

This supplement works together with:

Employee Center Terms and Conditions;
Copyright and Proprietary Notice;
Origin, Authorship, and Development History;
EC Ownership and Protected Materials Policy;
Source Records vs. EC Protected Materials Policy;
Open Source Notices;
Policy Order of Precedence Policy.

If this supplement conflicts with the Employee Center Terms and Conditions, the Terms and Conditions control unless Quintin N. Mahan signs a separate written agreement stating otherwise.

13. Recommended Root Legal Page Placement

This supplement does not need to be shown as a prominent root Legal card.

Recommended placement:

keep the main Copyright and Proprietary Notice visible on /legal;
link this supplement from the Copyright and Proprietary Notice as implementation/help text;
optionally make it owner/admin visible only if it is treated as implementation guidance rather than public legal text.

14. Final Implementation Rule

Use the short visible footer everywhere practical:

© 2026 Quintin N. Mahan. All rights reserved.

Use the tooltip or expanded popover to explain EC ownership, proprietary materials, open-source limitations, EC Protected Materials control, outside source-record distinction, and the fact that the notice is not a copyright registration.

End of Employee Center Copyright Footer Tooltip Supplement.