[consulting] Consulting Contract

Sami Khan sami at etopian.net
Mon Mar 29 01:29:15 UTC 2010


Yes, just put a disclaimer in there saying that it was not made by a
lawyer and that one who decides to use it takes full responsibility for
any and all contingencies arising from using the document including
damages, liabilities, etc...

Sami

On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 20:26 -0500, Rohan Smith wrote:
> Well, it depends on how big the contracts are. I have a Google doc I
> work off when creating new contracts. Many things change depending on
> the customer but the legal rambling is usually the same. Ill make some
> time soon to post it on d.o and then copy the link here
> 
> R.A.Smith
> Manager/Technical Lead
> Exterbox - "Thinking outside of the box"
> http://www.exterbox.com
> rohan at exterbox.com
> 1-876-449-7506
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Ryan Cross <drupal at ryancross.com>
> wrote:
>         This continues to come up on this list. I think the main
>         reason people
>         don't post this kind of material is:
>         
>         1) For a good contract, people usually pay a significant
>         amount of
>         money for them so they usually don't feel like sharing as much
>         2) Each contract is also usually unique to the situation
>         including,
>         location the contract is valid for, type of  contract/work
>         being done,
>         type of business entities involved, and the actual scope of
>         work.
>         (Contracts as a subject have many books published about it,
>         and entire
>         courses dedicated to the subject in law schools)
>         3) Contracts can also sometimes be seen as part of the
>         competitive
>         advantage for a company since it includes, among other things,
>         pricing
>         structures.
>         4) Posting any kind of legal information also makes you
>         potentially
>         liable for anyone who uses this information and/or takes your
>         advice.
>         
>         Each of these items can probably be mitigated or worked around
>         to some
>         extent, but the bottom line is that it is actually quite hard
>         to
>         publish this kind of material compared to things like
>         technical
>         documentation.
>         
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