Effective 2026-05-07 · Last updated 2026-05-07
These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your use of Draft Democracy, an application and website operated by Gordon Fischer LLC, a District of Columbia limited liability company (“we”, “us”). By accessing or using Draft Democracy (the “Service”), you agree to these Terms.
By signing up for or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are between 13 and 17, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed these Terms and agrees to them on your behalf.
You sign in through a third-party OAuth provider (such as Google or GitHub), so we do not store a password for you with us. You are responsible for maintaining the security of the account you use to sign in, and for all activity that happens under your Draft Democracy account. Notify us promptly at support@draftdemocracy.com if you believe your account has been compromised.
You agree not to use the Service to:
You retain ownership of the content you create in the Service, including league and season names, proposals, votes, and comments (collectively, “Your Content”). You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, transmit, analyze, and process Your Content as needed to operate, improve, and provide the Service — for example, showing your comment to other members of your league, surfacing popular proposals to users in other leagues, and producing aggregated or anonymized insights about how the Service is used. We do not claim ownership of Your Content, and we do not sell it or license it to third parties for unrelated uses.
If you send us feedback, suggestions, or feature requests (“Feedback”), you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use that Feedback for any purpose without compensation, credit, or any obligation to you.
The Service itself — including the “Draft Democracy” name, logos, software, design, and database — is owned by Gordon Fischer LLC and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service subject to these Terms. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
Draft Democracy includes free-text fields. You are solely responsible for the content you post, and you represent that you have the right to post it. We do not pre-screen content, and we are not responsible for content that other users post.
We may, at our sole discretion and without prior notice, remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that we believe violate these Terms — including content involving harassment, hate speech, threats, illegal activity, or other abuse. We are not obligated to take any particular moderation action, and our decision not to act in any case does not waive our right to act in another.
League admins manage their leagues, including seasons, members, and settings. If you are an admin of one or more leagues, you must transfer admin ownership of each league to another member before you can close or delete your account. This is so that leagues you started do not become orphaned.
You may stop using the Service at any time, and you may request account deletion as described in our Privacy Policy.
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms or if doing so is necessary to protect the Service or other users. We may also modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice. We will make reasonable efforts to notify active users of material changes where it is practical to do so, but we are not obligated to.
If we terminate your account for violating these Terms, you may not register a new account, including under a different name or on behalf of someone else.
We perform routine backups, but we cannot guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted or that Your Content will never be lost.
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that any defects will be corrected.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Gordon Fischer LLC and its members, employees, and contractors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the Service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total cumulative liability arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages or implied warranties. In those jurisdictions, the exclusions and limitations in this section apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue to apply.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gordon Fischer LLC and its members, employees, and contractors from any claim, demand, loss, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any law or any third-party right, including intellectual property and privacy rights; or (d) any content you post through the Service. We may assume the exclusive defense of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, in which case you will cooperate with that defense at your own expense.
The Service is operated from the United States. We make no representation that the Service is appropriate or available in jurisdictions outside the United States. If you access the Service from elsewhere, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the District of Columbia, United States of America, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the District of Columbia for any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service, except as set out in “Dispute resolution” below.
Before filing any lawsuit, you agree to first attempt to resolve any dispute by emailing us at support@draftdemocracy.com with a description of the issue and the resolution you are seeking. We will do the same. The parties agree to negotiate informally in good faith for at least 30 days before filing suit.
No class actions. You and we agree that any dispute will be resolved on an individual basis. Neither party will bring claims as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, or representative proceeding, and no proceeding may be combined with any other without the consent of all parties.
These restrictions do not apply to: (a) claims to enforce or protect intellectual property rights; or (b) requests for injunctive or other equitable relief.
By using the Service, you consent to receive notices, agreements, disclosures, and other communications from us electronically — via email and through the Service. You agree that electronic delivery satisfies any legal requirement that a communication be in writing, and that electronic acceptance (such as clicking “Continue” through an OAuth provider) is a valid signature where one is required.
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a sale, merger, or reorganization of our business. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship between you and us.
Questions about these Terms? Email support@draftdemocracy.com.