Change:
echo '<link rel="publisher" href="' . esc_attr( $options['plus-publisher'] ) . '"/>' . "\n";
To:
if(substr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 0, 13) != 'W3C_Validator')
echo '<link rel="publisher" href="' . esc_attr( $options['plus-publisher'] ) . '"/>' . "\n";
}
in frontend/class-frontend.php