Contributor Agreement

Scope of this document (when finalised)

• Eligibility — chartership / IEng / international-equivalent / accredited-trade requirements
• IP ownership — contributor retains; EngTree takes a non-exclusive licence to publish (never an assignment) — you keep the right to teach the same material elsewhere
• Right-to-share warranty — you confirm the content is your own professional knowledge: not employer-confidential, not NDA-bound, and not third-party copyright (BS / Eurocode / ICE text, client drawings)
• Confidentiality — teach the principle, not the project; anonymise any live-project specifics
• Standards & copyright — cite standards, never reproduce them verbatim; limited fair-dealing extracts only
• Takedown & notice-and-action — how a rights-holder flags content for removal, alongside your 30-day right to withdraw any entry
• Revenue share model — the six (now eight) revenue streams in detail with platform/creator split per mechanic
• Pro Tier opt-in — what £15-25/mo unlocks, what stays free baseline
• Compensation menu — cash · endowment · scholarship fund · honour-only · founder equity option
• Strand obligations — Mentor quota commitments, Research output expectations, Hire process integrity
• Validation responsibilities (when you choose to validate other contributors)
• Code of conduct — what you publish carries your name and credential; consequences of misuse
• CPD export consent — how your strand activity flows to institutional portals
• Termination and channel-content portability
• Founding Fellow programme terms (if elected) — recognition tier, editorial board eligibility, equity-pool consideration