Creator Terms

GRIDS & ACES CREATOR TERMS Effective August 20, 2026 These Creator Terms supplement the Grids & Aces Terms of Service and govern content created, saved, submitted, shared, or published through the Grids & Aces creator tools. They form an agreement between you and Daygull Studios LLC ("Daygull Studios," "we," "us"). If these Creator Terms conflict with the Terms of Service concerning Creator Content, these Creator Terms control. 1. Eligibility and acceptance You may use the creator tools only if you can legally enter this agreement. If applicable law requires permission from a parent or legal guardian, that person must review and accept these Creator Terms for you. By selecting the acceptance control, you confirm that you reviewed and agree to the version and agreement fingerprint displayed with it. 2. Creator Content and private drafts "Creator Content" means puzzles, grids, answers, clues, titles, themes, descriptions, artwork, designs, styles, metadata, selected bylines, and other material you create, save, submit, upload, share, or publish through the creator tools. Private drafts remain private from the public unless you choose to submit, share, or publish them or disclosure is otherwise permitted by the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, process, format, test, secure, back up, and technically adapt private drafts as necessary to provide and protect the service. We will not intentionally place a private draft into a commercial publication or merchandise unless you first submit, share, or publish it. 3. Your ownership and responsibility You retain any copyright and other ownership rights you hold in Creator Content. You represent and warrant that you created the Creator Content or otherwise control every right needed to submit it and grant these licenses; that the Creator Content is accurate as to authorship; and that our permitted use will not violate another person's copyright, trademark, contract, privacy, publicity, moral, or other rights or any law. You must not submit stolen, infringing, deceptive, unlawful, abusive, or unsafe material. 4. Commercial license for submitted, shared, or published content When you submit Creator Content for review, share it with another person, or publish it through Grids & Aces, you grant Daygull Studios a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable to the extent permitted by law, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, copy, edit, format, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works and compilations from, combine with other material, publish, republish, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, manufacture, have manufactured, advertise, market, promote, offer for sale, sell, license, and otherwise commercially exploit that Creator Content, in whole or in part, in any format or media now known or later developed. Nothing in these Creator Terms limits a termination or other right that applicable law does not allow you to waive. This license expressly includes use in or with applications, websites, social media, feeds, downloadable products, physical and digital books, puzzle books, magazines, periodicals, ebooks, games, stationery, clothing, drinkware, merchandise, advertising, and promotional materials, whether offered free of charge or for payment and whether branded Grids & Aces, Daygull Studios, or with a successor or related product or service. We may exercise these rights ourselves or through affiliates, service providers, hosting providers, publishers, editors, printers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, advertising partners, licensees, and other commercial partners. We may sublicense these rights through multiple levels and may transfer them with Grids & Aces, Daygull Studios, the applicable product line, or related assets. To the extent permitted by law, you waive and agree not to assert moral rights or similar rights that would prevent editing, formatting, combining, adaptation, publication, attribution decisions, or other uses authorized by these Creator Terms. Where waiver is not permitted, you consent to those uses. 5. No compensation or approval rights The commercial license is royalty-free and fully paid-up. Unless Daygull Studios separately agrees with you in a writing that specifically promises compensation, you are not entitled to payment, royalties, revenue sharing, profit participation, licensing fees, residuals, prizes, approval rights, advance notice, sales reports, an accounting, or an audit, even if we earn revenue or profit from Creator Content. We may later offer optional rewards, promotions, contests, grants, revenue sharing, or paid creator programs. No such program changes these Creator Terms or creates compensation rights for other Creator Content unless its separate written rules expressly say so. 6. Attribution and creator identity You grant us permission to use the display name, creator byline, profile identifier, and preset avatar you associate with Creator Content to identify, credit, market, and promote that content and related products. We may preserve historical attribution after a display-name change. We may omit, shorten, anonymize, reposition, or change attribution when reasonably necessary for format, space, safety, moderation, legal compliance, or product design. We do not promise attribution in every use, and use of Creator Content does not create an endorsement, employment, partnership, or agency relationship. 7. Editorial control, moderation, and no obligation to use We may review, test, edit, correct, format, adapt, combine, excerpt, reject, delay, label, rank, feature, unpublish, suppress, or remove Creator Content. We are not required to accept, publish, market, sell, continue distributing, or otherwise use any Creator Content. We do not promise placement, audience, engagement, availability, compensation, or commercial success. Moderation or publication does not mean we verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for Creator Content. 8. Removal, account deletion, and survival You may use available tools to unpublish content or request removal, subject to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Removal, unpublishing, or account deletion does not terminate the commercial license for Creator Content that you previously submitted, shared, or published. We may continue using and commercially exploiting that content, including in existing or future editions, compilations, products, merchandise, marketing, sublicenses, production commitments, and distribution channels. We are not required to recall products, destroy inventory, cancel orders, remove backups, or withdraw materials already provided to users or commercial partners. 9. Third-party claims and enforcement If Creator Content is alleged to infringe or violate another person's rights, we may remove it, preserve relevant records, disclose information when legally permitted or required, and cooperate with claimants, platforms, or authorities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you are responsible for claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and reasonable costs arising from your breach of these Creator Terms or from Creator Content that you lacked the right to provide. Nothing in these Creator Terms gives us rights that you did not possess and could not lawfully license. 10. Business transfers We may assign these Creator Terms and the licenses and rights granted under them to an affiliate or to a successor, purchaser, or operator in connection with a financing, merger, reorganization, change of control, sale of equity, or sale, license, or transfer of Grids & Aces, Daygull Studios, an applicable product line, or related assets. Any assignee receives the same rights and is subject to the same limitations stated here. 11. Changes, other terms, and contact These Creator Terms supplement the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, community rules, and any separate written program terms that apply to a particular feature. If we materially change these Creator Terms, we may require acceptance of a new version before you can continue using Create. Provisions that by their nature should survive will survive, including licenses, ownership, no-compensation terms, attribution permissions, responsibility for submissions, and business-transfer rights. If part of these Creator Terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective to the fullest extent permitted by law. Questions may be sent to support@gridsandaces.com.