Scope & service terms

Plain-language summary: Forhemit supplies a bounded engineering implementation. The buyer owns all legal decisions and production release approval. Paying through the approved checkout means the buyer accepts these terms.

1. Parties and contact

These terms are between Forhemit PBC (“Forhemit,” “we,” or “us”) and the business named at checkout (“buyer” or “you”). Questions and notices go to Stefano.Stokes@forhemit.com.

The public offer may provide a disclosed AI-assisted intake inbox. It identifies itself as AI and may screen inquiries or send bounded qualification questions. It does not make legal determinations, accept scope, bind either party, or share checkout access. Human review is required before any commercial commitment or project acceptance.

2. Fixed engagement

The Article 50 Launch Patch costs USD 9,800 and covers one company, one product (a live web application), one repository, up to three user-facing surfaces, and up to one generated-content modality. Work is capped at 24 delivery hours over five business days after an accepted kickoff.

The agreed implementation may include a product fact map, counsel-approved gap map, selected disclosure or supported provenance work, automated checks, accessibility review, staging support, a dated evidence bundle, and handover. The written kickoff scope controls if it is narrower than this maximum.

3. Buyer decisions and responsibilities

The buyer's counsel or authorized compliance owner must identify which duties apply and approve the implementation scope and disclosure language. The buyer must provide an engineering owner, accurate product facts, authorized least-privilege repository and staging access, relevant vendor documentation, and timely review.

Forhemit is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, a legal opinion, certification, conformity assessment, or a guarantee of compliance. The buyer decides whether, when, and how to release changes to production.

4. Exclusions

• High-risk AI conformity work, GDPR advice, DPIAs, FRIAs, or full governance programs
• Custom watermarking research, model training, native mobile work, or changes to a foundation model
• Multiple products or repositories, more than one output modality, or work beyond the 24-hour cap
• Penetration testing, accessibility certification, ongoing monitoring, or production operations

5. Schedule and changes

The five-business-day window begins when kickoff is accepted and required access, owners, and scope decisions are available. Buyer delay pauses the schedule. Any request outside fixed scope requires a separate written agreement; Forhemit may decline it without affecting the original scope.

6. Access and confidentiality

Each party will protect the other's non-public information with reasonable care and use it only for the engagement. The buyer must not send passwords, private keys, production credentials, sensitive source code, or personal data by ordinary email. Access must use the buyer's approved systems and be revoked after handover.

7. Ownership

After full payment, the buyer owns buyer-specific code and deliverables created for the engagement. Each party retains its pre-existing materials, tools, methods, and know-how. Open-source software remains subject to its own license. Forhemit may not identify the buyer or publish its code, product details, or results without written permission.

8. Review, acceptance, and support

The buyer will review staging work and the evidence bundle promptly. Acceptance means the agreed deliverables are present, not that a regulator or third party has approved them. The fee includes correction of reproducible defects in the delivered scope reported within seven calendar days after handover.

9. Warranties and limits

Forhemit warrants that it will perform the service professionally and within the agreed scope. Except for that promise, deliverables are provided as-is to the extent permitted by law. Forhemit does not promise avoidance of fines, enforcement, disputes, losses, or any particular legal outcome.

To the extent permitted by law, each party's aggregate liability arising from this engagement is limited to the amount the buyer paid for it. Neither party is liable for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages. These limits do not apply where law prohibits them.

10. Cancellation, refunds, and general terms

The refund and cancellation policy is part of these terms. The privacy notice explains information handling. These terms and the accepted kickoff scope are the entire agreement for the engagement unless both parties sign a replacement. California law governs, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest remains effective.