Terms of Engagement

These Terms of Engagement govern the software engineering consulting services provided by Codelanta (directed by Tushar Iche) to clients worldwide.

1. Scope of Work & Fixed Quotes

Fixed-price projects are executed strictly according to the agreed Scope of Work document or written statement of deliverables. Any requested out-of-scope feature additions or pivot requirements during development are billed transparently at our standard rate of $10 per billable hour upon mutual agreement.

2. Milestone Escrow Payments

Fixed deliverables follow a milestone structure (typically 30% discovery deposit, 40% working staging review, 30% final production deployment). We actively support third-party escrow arrangements (e.g. Upwork, Escrow.com) to ensure full capital safety for the client.

3. Code Ownership & Intellectual Property

Upon receipt of final milestone payment, 100% of the custom source code, documentation, and design assets developed under the project scope transfer completely to the client. Codelanta retains no proprietary claim or recurring licensing claim over your code.

4. Post-Launch Warranty

Every delivered project includes an active 14 to 30-day post-launch warranty. If any bug or deviation from the agreed specifications is discovered in production during this window, it will be remediated immediately at zero additional fee.

5. Strict Client Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure (NDA)

We enter into bilateral Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) prior to receiving confidential requirements, wireframes, or codebases. To protect your competitive advantage, Codelanta does not publish client source code to public GitHub repositories or publicly showcase proprietary trade secrets. All engineering deliverables belong exclusively to you, and your project assets remain permanently private.