# An Indie Dev — Central Legal & Policy Desk (Global Sovereign Edition) # Canonical URL: https://legal.indiedev.org / https://policy.indiedev.org # Parent Ecosystem: https://indiedev.org > The authoritative, full-scale legal terms, sovereign covenants, privacy architectures, and intellectual property dossiers governing An Indie Dev and all sub-creations operating worldwide. --- ## 1. Executive Summary & Legal Entity Overview - **Entity / Brand**: An Indie Dev - **Founder**: Anonymous 23-year-old solo independent software developer from India - **Mothership URL**: https://indiedev.org - **Legal Desk URLs**: https://legal.indiedev.org | https://policy.indiedev.org - **Contact Email**: helpmelove@indiedev.org - **Support Portal**: https://support.indiedev.org - **Venture Capital**: $0. Zero investors, zero boardroom suits, zero surveillance capitalism. - **Operating Model**: 100% self-funded, privacy-first, edge-native micro-architectures. --- ## 2. Parent Ecosystem Repositories & Sub-Creations The legal covenants housed at this registry govern all current and future sub-creations across the `*.indiedev.org` namespace: 1. **An Indie Dev (`indiedev.org`)**: The mothership portfolio and engineering command hub. 2. **The Vault (`vault.indiedev.org`)**: The direct software marketplace for independent desktop binaries, tools, and platforms. 3. **iToldYou (`itoldyou.indiedev.org`)**: Cryptographically verified immutable truth & prediction ledger with Discord bot integration. 4. **WTF Indie Dev (`wtf.indiedev.org`)**: Experimental browser games lab, DOM escape rooms, and psychological web experiments. 5. **AI Hub (`ai.indiedev.org`)**: Zero-telemetry AI developer utilities, prompt architectures, and local model interfaces. 6. **Puggu Desktop Companion**: Free offline panda desktop buddy for Windows. Zero telemetry, zero cloud connection, zero ads. 7. **Support Desk (`support.indiedev.org`)**: Direct escalation desk with SLA under 24 hours. (Girlfriend applications remain Priority #1). --- ## 3. Global Terms of Service & Electronic Browse-Wrap Consent ### § 1. Electronic Consent & Jurisdiction Accessing, browsing, pinging, or executing any application hosted under `*.indiedev.org` constitutes immediate, binding electronic consent under: - UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce - Section 10A of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000 - United States Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN) - European Union eIDAS Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 If you disagree with any clause, covenant, or term outlined in this repository, terminate your session and close your browser immediately. ### § 2. Automatic Intellectual Property Protection Under Article 5(2) of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (enforced across 179 signatory nations): - Copyright protection is automatic upon the moment of creation without requiring physical registration stamps, filing fees, or bureaucratic seals. - All original algorithms, design systems, glassmorphic UI assets, 3D Canvas visualizers, vector graphics, and prose authored under An Indie Dev are protected under 17 U.S.C. § 102 (United States), Section 13 of the Copyright Act 1957 (India), the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and WIPO Copyright Treaties. - Unauthorized commercial scraping, white-labeling, or cloning of private source code will result in immediate DMCA takedown actions, upstream ISP notices, and international civil litigation. ### § 3. Private Repositories & Anti-Tampering Protocols All proprietary source code, edge microservices, and database schemas remain locked inside private, encrypted vaults. Zero open-source rights are granted unless explicitly certified under an accompanying open-source license file in a public repository. Unauthorized extraction, reverse compilation, or credential sniffing violates: - Section 43 & Section 66 of the Indian IT Act 2000 - Section 303 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (BNS) - United States Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA, 18 U.S.C. § 1030) - United Kingdom Computer Misuse Act 1990 --- ## 4. Privacy Charter: Zero Surveillance, Zero Trackers, Zero Third Parties ### The Anti-Surveillance Guarantee We do not want your data. We do not sell your data. We do not package your browser fingerprint to sell to data brokers. - **Zero Tracking Cookies**: No marketing pixels, no Meta pixels, no TikTok tags, no intrusive surveillance beacons. - **Zero Third-Party Analytics**: No Google Analytics or third-party spyware injected into our DOMs. - **Puggu Offline Guarantee**: The Puggu desktop companion runs 100% locally on your machine. It makes zero outbound network calls, transmits zero metrics, and functions entirely without an internet connection. - **iToldYou Cryptographic Verification**: Claims submitted to the iToldYou truth ledger are cryptographically hashed using SHA-256 for mathematical immutability. No extraneous identity mining is performed. - **GDPR / CCPA / DPDP Compliance**: Full compliance with EU GDPR (Regulation 2016/679), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDP). You have the absolute right to have any submitted public claim permanently purged upon written request to helpmelove@indiedev.org. --- ## 5. Software Licenses & Digital Commerce Protocol ### § 1. As-Is Software Provision All software, scripts, bots, executables, and experimental games are provided strictly "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without warranties of any kind, whether express, statutory, or implied. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, An Indie Dev disclaims all warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. ### § 2. Digital Goods Delivery & Refund Policy - Digital software downloads, API access tokens, and bot tier unlocks are delivered electronically and instantly upon checkout confirmation. - Because digital goods are consumed upon generation/download, all purchases are final and non-refundable, except where required by statutory consumer protection laws or in cases of demonstrable unresolvable binary failure verified by the Support Desk within 48 hours of purchase. - Fraudulent chargebacks or payment disputes will result in immediate termination of associated cryptographic license keys and permanent blacklisting from the indiedev.org ecosystem. --- ## 6. Intermediary Immunity & Safe Harbor Under Section 79 of the Indian Information Technology Act 2000, Section 230 of the United States Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. § 230), and Article 6 of the European Union Digital Services Act (DSA): - An Indie Dev functions as an intermediary platform regarding user-submitted content, Discord bot interactions, and community predictions. - An Indie Dev assumes zero liability for third-party statements, defamatory predictions made by users on the iToldYou ledger, or external links posted in community spaces. - DMCA and content removal notices may be served directly to helpmelove@indiedev.org with precise cryptographic URLs and evidence of rights ownership. --- ## 7. Contact & Official Dispute Resolution - **Primary Contact**: helpmelove@indiedev.org - **Support Desk**: https://support.indiedev.org - **Main Portfolio**: https://indiedev.org - **Governing Law**: Primary jurisdiction lies within the courts of New Delhi, Republic of India, with international recognition under reciprocal judicial enforcement treaties.