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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.18

                        RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

I. DEFINITIONS

        "EMPLOYEE" means: [NAME] his heirs, administrators, executors or of
any of them;

        "GLOBALSCAPE" means GlobalSCAPE, Inc. and its agents, employees,
officers, directors, shareholders and attorneys, all persons who control, are
controlled by or under common control of GlobalSCAPE, Inc., and the
predecessors, successors, heirs and assigns of any of them (including American
TeleSource International, Inc.);

        "STOCK OPTION PLAN" means: the 1998 Stock Option Plan established and
approved by the Board of Directors of GlobalSCAPE.

        "OPTION" means that option to purchase [AMOUNT] shares of GlobalSCAPE
common stock for $0.10 per share, vesting over a three year period granted to
Employee in that letter agreement between Employee and GlobalSCAPE dated
[DATE].

        "CANCELLATION LETTER" means: that letter dated February 8, 2000,
executed by Employee and GlobalSCAPE canceling Employee's stock options
originally granted under the Stock Option Plan in exchange for $1000 and other
consideration.

        "CLAIMS" means all existing, future, known, and unknown claims,
demands and causes of action of any nature (whether in contract or in tort, or
based upon fraud or misrepresentation, breach of duty or common law, or
arising under or by virtue of any judicial decision, statute or regulation)
for all past, present, existing, future, known, and unknown injuries, damages,
losses and remedies (whether now recognized by law or created or recognized in
the

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future) that: (1) arise out of or are related to the Stock Option Plan, the
Option, and the Cancellation Letter; or (2) could be brought by or on behalf
of Employee in any lawsuit or demand in an arbitration action arising out of
the Stock Option Plan, the Option and the Cancellation Letter in any court,
arbitration association, tribunal or forum, in this or any other jurisdiction,
in these United States or anywhere else, and including WITHOUT LIMITATION, all
actual damages, all exemplary and punitive damages, all penalties of any kind,
tax liabilities or penalties, consequential damages, costs and attorney's
fees.

         "CONSIDERATION" means the reinstatement of the Employee's Option and
the adjustment in the number or shares subject to the Option and the exercise
price per share as described in that letter attached to this Release as
EXHIBIT A.

        "RELEASE" means this Release and Indemnity Agreement.

        In this Release, the singular includes the plural, and vice versa;
likewise, the disjunctive includes the conjunctive, and vice versa.

II. THE AGREEMENT

         1.     The parties agree that this Release is effective as of the
time that Employee signs the letter attached to this Release as EXHIBIT A
executed by GlobalSCAPE.

         2.     For the Consideration, Employee RELEASES ACQUITS, and FOREVER
DISCHARGES GlobalSCAPE from all Claims.

         3.     The giving of the Consideration is not an admission of
liability by either party.  GlobalSCAPE and Employee each acknowledge that
this Release is made as a compromise to avoid further expense and to terminate
for all time controversies involving the Stock Option Plan, the Option or the
Cancellation Letter.

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         4.     GlobalSCAPE and Employee each agree to INDEMNIFY and to HOLD
the other HARMLESS from all claims that fall within the definition of "Claim"
that have been or may later be asserted against the indemnified party by any
third party claiming by, through, or under the indemnifying party, together
with all costs, expenses, and legal fees in defending any such claims as they
are incurred.  THIS INDEMNITY IS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO OPERATE AND BE
APPLICABLE EVEN IF IT IS ALLEGED OR PROVED THAT ALL OR SOME OF THE CLAIMS WERE
CAUSED AS A WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY ACT, OMISSION, NEGLIGENCE, GROSS
NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT, INTENTIONAL CONDUCT, VIOLATION OF STATUTE OR
COMMON LAW, OR ANY OTHER CONDUCT WHATSOEVER OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY.

         5.     In return for the Consideration Employee represents and
warrants the following:

                a. Employee is correctly described in this Release;

                b. before executing this Release, Employee became fully
                   informed of the terms, contents, conditions, and effect of
                   this Release;

                c. Employee is legally competent to execute this Release;

                d. this Release is fully and forever binding on the Employee
                   his heirs, administrators, executors or of any of them;

                e. no promise or representation of any kind has been made to
                   Employee, except as is expressly stated in this Release;

                f. Employee enters this Agreement freely, by his own choice,
                   and judgment, and without duress or other influence;

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        6. The terms of this Release shall be kept CONFIDENTIAL and shall be
disclosed only to the parties to this Release and to their legal spouse,
family members, accountants, insurers, and attorneys, (collectively the
"excepted persons") or as otherwise required by law or regulation.  The
parties will instruct the excepted persons to keep strictly confidential the
terms of this Release and the amount of the settlement.

        7. The parties each acknowledge that this instrument constitutes the
entire agreement among them with respect to its subject matter and supercedes
any prior agreements, whether written or oral, between Employee and
GlobalSCAPE.

        8. The laws of the State of  Texas shall govern the construction and
interpretation of this Release.

        EXECUTED on the dates as noted below.

                                        GlobalSCAPE, Inc.

                                        By: /s/Tim Nicolaou
                                        Corporate Representative

                                        Title:  Chief Executive Officer

                                        [DATE]________________________
                                                       Date

                                        Employee

                                        By [EMPLOYEE SIGNATURE]_________________

                                           [DATE]_______________________________
                                                               Date

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                                   EXHIBIT A

December 19, 2000

[NAME]
[ADDRESS]

      Re: GlobalSCAPE, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan (the "998 Stock Option Plan")

Dear [NAME]:

      On [DATE] you and GlobalSCAPE, Inc. ("GlobalSCAPE") singed a letter
under which GlobalSCAPE granted you an option to purchase [AMOUNT] shares of
GlobalSCAPE common stock for $0.10 per share under the terms of the 1998 Stock
Option Plan (the "Option") with the Option to vest over a three year period.

      On February 8, 2000 you and GlobalSCAPE signed a letter under which you
agreed to the cancellation of your Option on the condition that the Option
would be reinstated under certain circumstances described in that letter.

      Effective May 8, 2000 GlobalSCAPE completed  a stock split of its common
stock.

      In consideration for your execution of the Release and Indemnity
Agreement dated December 19, 2000, GlobalSCAPE has reinstated your Option, and
has adjusted the number of shares subject to your option to [AMOUNT] with an
exercise price of $0.0132 per share, to vest in thirds on the same schedule as
stated in the [DATE] letter, to wit:

      [AMOUNT]  vesting on [DATE]
      [AMOUNT]  vesting on [DATE]
      [AMOUNT]  vesting on [DATE]

                                        Sincerely,

Agreed:                                 GlobalSCAPE, Inc.

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[NAME]                                  By: Tim Nicolaou
Date: [DATE]                                Chief Executive Officer

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                                                                 Exhibit 10.12.1

                        LIBERTY FINANCIAL COMPANIES, INC.

               VOLUNTARY NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                               AMENDMENT NO. FOUR

      WHEREAS, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (the "Company") and certain of
      its affiliated companies adopted the Company's Voluntary Non-Qualified
      Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan") effective January 1, 1994 and
      amended by Amendments No. One, Two and Three effective as of January 1,
      1996, January 1, 1997 and January 1, 1998 respectively; and

      WHEREAS, Section 7.1 of the Plan permits the Company to amend the Plan;
      and

      WHEREAS, the Company now desires to make certain changes to the Plan as
      provided herein;

      NOW THEREFORE, the following amendments are adopted, effective August 10,
      2000, contingent only upon the approval by the Compensation Committee of
      the Company's Board of Directors of this Amendment.

1.    Section 5.3 of the Plan is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

5.3   Death Benefits

      (a) General. Upon the death of a Participant, any payments under Section
      5.2 above shall cease and his remaining Account, if any, shall be paid to
      his Beneficiary in accordance with this Section 5.3.

      (b) Form of Payment. Payment shall be made to the Participant's
      Beneficiary, as elected (or deemed elected) by the Participant in
      accordance with Section 5.3(c), in either:

            (i)   a lump sum payment within 3 months following the end of the
                  Plan Year in which the Participant's death occurs, or

            (ii)  installment payments over a period which shall expire on the
                  earlier of the date that is 9 years from the date a
                  distribution is made pursuant to Section 5.1 above, and the
                  last day of the payment period elected by the Participant for
                  his Beneficiary pursuant to 5.3(c) below which period may not
                  exceed 10 years.

      (c) Participant Election. The Participant may elect the death benefit form
      of payment, and may change such election, at such time(s) and in such
      manner as prescribed by the Plan Administrator. In the absence of an
      election, payments shall be made to
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      Participant's Beneficiary in accordance with the Participant's election
      for himself under Section 5.2 above.

      (d) Installment Payments. Installment payments shall be made monthly,
      quarterly or annually at the discretion of the Plan Administrator. The
      Plan Administrator shall establish the initial amount of payments so that,
      based on expected investment earnings on the remaining Account balance,
      the Account shall be paid out in full at the end of the installment
      period. Periodically, the Plan Administrator may adjust the amount of
      installment payments so that based on the actual investment earnings
      credited to the Participant's remaining Account, such Account shall be
      paid out in full at the end of the installment period. In the event the
      Beneficiary dies before the Participant's Account is paid out in full, the
      remaining Account balance shall be paid to the Beneficiary's estate in a
      lump sum as soon as practicable following the Beneficiary's death.

2.    Section 3.8 is amended and restated to read as follows (changed language
      is indicated by boldface type and double underline):

3.8 Investment Earnings. Amounts deferred hereunder shall be credited with
investment earnings in an amount determined by the Board of the Company;
provided however, the Board of the Company may offer participants investment
earnings alternatives hereunder. In the event such alternatives are offered, the
Board of the Company shall establish the rules relating to such alternative,
including, but not limited to, the number of alternatives, the manner in which
the amount of investment earnings credited by such alternative shall be
determined, restrictions on the use of one or more alternatives, and the
frequency and extent to which a Participant (or the Participant's Beneficiary
after the Participant's death) may elect, or change a previous election, as to
how his Account and/or deferrals will be allocated among the alternatives. In
the event investment alternatives are offered, the Company may, but need not,
purchase securities or other investments with characteristics similar to the
investment alternatives which are offered, and in any event such securities or
other investments shall remain part of the Company's general assets.

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