Collaboration principles.
This matters because collaboration involves real humans, not just ideas. Nothing here is legal advice — it’s just how I try to treat people I make things with.
Humans first
No project is worth treating people badly.
Consent is ongoing
Creative collaboration, physical interaction, recording, publishing and attribution all require appropriate consent — asked for, not assumed, and revisited as things change.
Credit generously
People should be acknowledged for what they contribute. If you made it possible, your name is on it.
Talk about money
If money exists in a project, we discuss it directly. If money doesn't exist, we say that too, early, so nobody's guessing.
Talk about ownership
We don't wait until something becomes valuable before figuring out who owns what. That conversation happens at the start.
No compulsory monetisation
Something can matter without becoming a company. Not everything needs a business model.
Boundaries are creative infrastructure
People should be able to say no, change their minds, and communicate limits — without that ending the collaboration.
Leave better than we arrived
Ideally, everyone involved leaves feeling respected, not extracted from — whatever does or doesn't get made.