Platform Terms & Charter Policies
Standard operational clauses, intellectual property transfers, and dispute resolution guidelines.
1. Bilateral Project Charters
Participation in any project on VOUCH is governed by the specific project charter signed by the company sponsor, student squad, and designated expert mentor. Acceptance of a charter is cryptographically signed and stored in the immutable platform ledger.
2. Escrow Lockers & Payment Release
For funded initiatives, company sponsors must deposit 100% of the milestone reward pool prior to contributor execution. Funds are held in escrow and released strictly upon milestone approval or arbitrated dispute resolution.
3. Code Integrity & Similarity Standards
All submitted code is analyzed against reference repositories. Submissions with Jaccard similarity indices exceeding 40% are flagged for mentor review. Verified integrity infractions may result in disqualification and star penalties.
4. Exit Terms & Withdrawal Penalties
If a sponsor withdraws without cause after milestone work has commenced, a 10% compensation fee is charged to the sponsor wallet and pro-rata credit is awarded to contributors. Unilateral abandonment by contributors incurs a -0.5 star penalty.