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Landed across the protocol specification (v1.1), contracts page, Cast page, glossary, and FAQ. * Payment & Refund Policy v1.1: price changes carry at least 30 days' notice with the right to cancel first; subscription credits reset at renewal while purchased credit packs do not expire; first-purchase refund window stated (14 days). *** ## 2026-07-02 — Protocol Specification v1.0; availability note; disclosures simplified * Protocol Specification promoted to v1.0 (draft marker removed). * Who's who: added the structural availability note — the protocol restricts no one; where each service is available is governed by the Terms of Service. * Donation Terms v1.2: state-solicitation section simplified to a general disclosure; state-specific statements will be added as registrations are made. *** ## 2026-07-02 — Donation Terms v1.1 (counsel pass) * §2: the minted station and private imprint are an honorary, non-commercial acknowledgment with no fair-market value ($0.00); no goods or services of value are received in exchange for a Drop. * §6: USDC contributions — property treatment, receipting at USD fair-market value at time of transfer, donor valuation responsibility (incl. IRS Form 8283). * §9: state charitable-solicitation disclosures added (NJ · NY · FL · CA · VA). *** ## 2026-07-01 — Terms of Service v1.0 (effective July 4, 2026) * ToS finalized: Availability (§2.3) · Transience of AI Outputs (§7.3) · Decoupling of on-chain records and display surfaces (§7.4) · liability cap (§12) · versioned consent for material changes (§16) · governing law, binding individual arbitration and class-action waiver (§17). * All legal pages now carry a version and effective date; operator named as Kong Group LLC throughout; AI terms page added to the docs navigation. *** ## 2026-06-29 — Sellability, contacts, and the DMCA agent * On-chain assets reframed across product and legal pages: minted on the holder's behalf, not issued; the holder's own, sovereign, freely transferable; no marketplace operated; not offered as an investment. * Legal contact emails split by accountable entity: commercial/Service matters → · charitable and donor matters → · protocol docs → . * DMCA designated agent registered with the U.S. Copyright Office (Registration No. DMCA-1074810) and recorded in the IP & DMCA Policy. *** ## 2026-06-28 — Vocabulary and structure pass * Docs-wide alignment: keys and custody language, the acts, and page structure. *** ## June 2026 — The docs open * **Protocol Specification v0.8** published — the protocol defined for everyone who comes to use it or build on it: what a protocol is, why Earth LinC is one, the two structures and the acts, the invariants, the reference. * **Legal & Policies** published (drafts for counsel review): Terms of Service · Privacy Policy · Donation Terms & Charitable Disclosures · Digital Asset Terms (NaviStar) · Acceptable Use & Content Policy · Payment & Refund Policy · IP & DMCA Policy. * **Trust & Verification** published: How verification works · The anchor · Transparency & impact. * **Help** published: FAQ · Glossary · Support & Contact · this Changelog. *** *Format for future entries:* > ## YYYY-MM-DD — Short title > > * What changed, in one line each. > * Policy changes note the section and what users should know. > * Protocol changes note whether anything constitutional moved (it shouldn't). --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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