[consulting] Consulting Contract

[Sami Khan]

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

It might be of interest to raise money to get an actual lawyer to
approve the legal ramblings part.

Sami

> 
> 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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