Operating Agreement Amendment: Public Benefit Provisions
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Status: Draft — for attorney review before execution Entity: Objectuve Softworks, LLC (Delaware Public Benefit LLC; principal office in Chicago, IL) Date drafted: 2026-03-30
Section 1: Specific Public Benefit(s)
The Company's specific public benefit purposes are:
(a) Promoting individual well-being through ethical technology. The Company develops and operates a gamified goal-tracking platform designed to help users build consistent habits, achieve personal goals, and sustain long-term personal growth — while intentionally minimizing addictive usage patterns, passive consumption, and compulsive engagement.
(b) Advancing responsible software design practices. The Company commits to an "anti-social app" design philosophy that deliberately avoids infinite scroll, algorithmic manipulation, anxiety-inducing notifications, dark patterns, and features that optimize for time-on-app over user outcomes. The Company measures its success by goals its users achieve, not by minutes spent in the application.
(c) Protecting user privacy and data rights. The Company will never sell or monetize user data, will never display advertisements, and will maintain full data portability and export rights for all users. The Company commits to GDPR and CCPA compliance and treats user privacy as a product feature, not a regulatory burden.
(d) Ensuring equitable access to personal development tools. The Company will maintain a free tier that provides the full individual experience without paywalling features that help individuals achieve their goals. Revenue from organizational (Teams) subscriptions and voluntary Supporter contributions subsidizes free individual access.
Section 2: Balancing Pecuniary Interests with Public Benefit
2.1 General Standard of Conduct
In discharging their duties, the Managers shall balance:
- (i) the pecuniary interests of the Members;
- (ii) the best interests of those materially affected by the Company's conduct; and
- (iii) the specific public benefit(s) identified in this Agreement.
No single interest enumerated above shall have default priority over any other unless the Managers determine, in their informed business judgment, that the circumstances require prioritizing one interest. The Managers need not treat any single interest as dominant in every decision.
2.2 Identifying Those Materially Affected
Those "materially affected by the Company's conduct" include, but are not limited to:
- Users of the Company's platform (both free and paying), whose well-being, privacy, and personal development outcomes are directly impacted by product design decisions;
- Employees, contractors, and collaborators, whose working conditions and professional development the Company influences;
- Communities formed on the platform, whose members rely on the Company's design choices to foster accountability rather than compulsive engagement; and
- The broader public, who benefit from the Company's demonstration that technology products can be profitable, widely adopted, and genuinely good for their users simultaneously.
2.3 Decision-Making Framework
When evaluating a material business decision, the Managers shall consider:
(a) User Outcome Alignment. Whether the decision optimizes for user goals achieved rather than time-on-app, engagement metrics, or addictive usage patterns. Decisions that increase passive consumption at the expense of active achievement are disfavored.
(b) Revenue Model Integrity. Whether the decision is consistent with the Company's commitments to: (i) never paywall individual features, (ii) never display advertisements, (iii) never sell or monetize user data, and (iv) never employ dark patterns to pressure upgrades. Revenue growth must be pursued through means compatible with these commitments.
(c) Privacy Preservation. Whether the decision maintains or strengthens user data protections, portability, and export rights. User data and attention are not products.
(d) Accessibility and Equity. Whether the decision maintains equitable access to the Company's core functionality regardless of a user's ability to pay.
(e) Long-Term Sustainability. Whether the decision supports the Company's ability to continue fulfilling its public benefit purposes over the long term, including maintaining financial viability without external funding dependency.
2.4 No Personal Liability for Good-Faith Balancing
A Manager who makes a business decision in good-faith compliance with this Section shall not be liable to the Company or any Member solely because the decision did not maximize short-term pecuniary returns, provided the Manager reasonably considered the interests described in Section 2.1.
2.5 Annual Benefit Reporting
The Company shall prepare an annual benefit report that includes:
- (i) A narrative description of the ways the Company pursued its specific public benefit(s) during the year;
- (ii) Key outcome metrics, including but not limited to: goals completed by users, daily active usage duration (targeting ~10 minutes or less), free-tier retention rates, and data privacy compliance status;
- (iii) Any circumstances in which the Managers determined that the Company's pecuniary interests and public benefit purposes were in material tension, and how such tension was resolved; and
- (iv) An assessment of the Company's overall social and environmental performance, using a recognized third-party standard if practicable.
The annual benefit report shall be made available to Members and, consistent with the Company's commitment to transparency, may be published publicly.
Sources
This language was derived from the Company's existing product documentation:
docs/brand/brand.md— Mission statement, anti-social app philosophy, core valuesdocs/product/north-star.md— 5-year vision, impact metrics, PBC reporting commitmentsdocs/product/pricing-philosophy.md— Revenue model, "never" commitments, free tier philosophy
Disclaimer
This is draft language based on the Company's existing product documentation and stated values. It is not legal advice. Have your attorney review and adapt this language for compliance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. Chapter 18) and any applicable Public Benefit LLC provisions before executing the amendment.
Last updated: 2026-05-22 — v2.5 audit: DRAFT banner remains intact; verified legal entity facts and operating agreement structure match current company formation documents