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* everything sold is provided in good faith, as is, with no warranties or guarantees
* everything sold is provided in good faith, as is, with no warranties or guarantees
* buyer agrees to always, 100% of the time, "do the right thing" by the customer, this business must be about happy customers first, not making money
* buyer agrees to always, 100% of the time, "do the right thing" by the customer, this business must be about happy customers first, not making money
* must always support both mac and windows, always release in parallel
* must always support both mac (back four OS versions) and windows (Back to XP), always release in parallel
* must always support "the server" with backward compatibility with third party apps
* must always support "the server" with backward compatibility with third party apps
==term five years==
==term five years==
* buyer will continue to provide personalized 1:1 tech support with end users, free for at least 30 days after purchase
* buyer will continue to provide personalized 1:1 tech support with end users, free for at least 30 days after purchase
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* provide weekly / bimonthly updates for new features / bug fixes
* provide weekly / bimonthly updates for new features / bug fixes
* seller will have access to eSellerate / music store sales
* seller will have access to eSellerate / music store sales
* AFTER the first year, seller will receive 2.5% of GROSS revenue (for four more years)
* AFTER the first 6 months, seller will receive 2.5% of GROSS revenue from all revenue streams related or attached to kJams or it's derivatives (for 4.5 more years)
* must maintain the kJams line as it's own product.  you may ADD to it but must not subsume it's features into a different product, and then stop supporting kJams itself
* must maintain the kJams line as separate own product.  you may ADD to it but must not subsume it's features into a different product, and then stop supporting kJams itself


==term three years==
==term three years==
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* move to a subscription model
* move to a subscription model
* develop a version for *nix, android, ios, xbox etc
* develop a version for *nix, android, ios, xbox etc
* consolidate kJams editions (lite, pro, 2)
* develop more Server features, develop cloud services
* develop indie music store (direct from artist to fan)

Revision as of 07:13, 13 June 2015

permanent terms

  • all web site, web site history, forums, bug base, trello accounts, domains, and any other digital assets related to kJams, kjams facebook, kjams twitter, youtube channel, etc.
  • all proprietary source code related directly to "karaoke" (encoding, decoding, playback) becomes copywrite of and property of buyer. seller will transfer ALL copies to buyer, and not retain any
  • all open source code remains open source, seller becomes responsible for maintaining up to date public access to said open source code
  • all other code (generic code base) may be used by buyer with no restrictions on it's use
  • seller retains a copy of generic code base and may use it in any project that is NOT a direct competitor or karaoke player
  • seller may not re-sell any of the generic code base unless it has been completely transformed into a new separate product that does not compete with kJams
  • all customer base information, all past emails
  • buyer must honor all agreements currently in place with third parties
  • everything sold is provided in good faith, as is, with no warranties or guarantees
  • buyer agrees to always, 100% of the time, "do the right thing" by the customer, this business must be about happy customers first, not making money
  • must always support both mac (back four OS versions) and windows (Back to XP), always release in parallel
  • must always support "the server" with backward compatibility with third party apps

term five years

  • buyer will continue to provide personalized 1:1 tech support with end users, free for at least 30 days after purchase
  • provide 30 day no questions money back guarantee
  • provide weekly / bimonthly updates for new features / bug fixes
  • seller will have access to eSellerate / music store sales
  • AFTER the first 6 months, seller will receive 2.5% of GROSS revenue from all revenue streams related or attached to kJams or it's derivatives (for 4.5 more years)
  • must maintain the kJams line as separate own product. you may ADD to it but must not subsume it's features into a different product, and then stop supporting kJams itself

term three years

  • may NOT remove the existing music stores
  • provide at least one full time engineer, one full time QA, one part-time tech support
  • at least half the time, follow the development roadmap that has already been laid out

i will agree to

  • provide free part time consulting to manage the transition to new management for 6 months (no more than 10 hours per week, tues and thurs evenings)
  • be available for paid consulting after 6 months (terms to be negotiated if it comes to that)

buyer may optionally

  • provide paid premium support packages
  • provide re-branded (white label) version of product
  • integrate more music stores (all of them?)
  • move to a different integrated ecommerce engine
  • move to a subscription model
  • develop a version for *nix, android, ios, xbox etc
  • consolidate kJams editions (lite, pro, 2)
  • develop more Server features, develop cloud services
  • develop indie music store (direct from artist to fan)