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EC Contributions Suggestions Assignment Policy

03_policy_library/ec_contributions_suggestions_assignment_policy.md

Employee Center Contributions, Suggestions, and Assignment Policy

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
Policies Hub: /legal/policies

Policy URL: /legal/policies/contributions-suggestions-assignment-policy


1. Purpose

This policy explains that user and company suggestions, requests, bug reports, workflows, and contributions do not create ownership or control rights in EC.

2. Covered Contributions

Covered contributions include feature requests, bug reports, workflow ideas, dashboard ideas, report requests, process descriptions, data cleanup suggestions, testing feedback, documentation comments, import requests, export requests, automation ideas, and operational suggestions.

3. Assignment and License

To the maximum extent permitted by law, contributors assign EC-related contribution rights to Quintin N. Mahan.

To the extent assignment is not possible, contributors grant a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, sublicensable license to use, modify, improve, commercialize, and incorporate contributions into EC.

4. No Ownership or Payment

Contributors do not receive ownership, royalties, approval rights, control rights, attribution rights, or payment rights because of a contribution unless Quintin N. Mahan signs a separate written agreement.

5. Owner Discretion

Quintin N. Mahan may use, reject, defer, combine, redesign, modify, or ignore contributions at his discretion.


Changes to This Policy

Quintin N. Mahan may update this policy by publishing a new active version in EC.

The current active version will be displayed through the Legal hub.

Older versions may remain stored in Postgres for audit, evidence, and historical review.


Contact / Owner

Employee Center is owned by Quintin N. Mahan.

Legal and policy documents are available from:

/legal

The current Terms and Conditions are available from:

/legal/terms-and-conditions

End of Employee Center Contributions, Suggestions, and Assignment Policy.