[OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services

[Landon Blake]

Thanks for the comments Frank. I'm familiar with scope of services, but
I'll probably want a simple contract as well. I can work something up from
scratch, but I thought I would see what other people were using.

Landon


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>wrote:

> Landon,
>
> As a consultant, I never actually proposed a contract.  When it was up
> to me, I'd just write up a statement of work. Sometimes I had to sign
> contracts created by the clients of course.
>
> For the most part open source geospatial isn't different than any
> other business.  The one item I was always careful about was making
> clear what software products were remaining under an open source
> license vs. becoming the property of the client.
>
> Best regards,
> Frank
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Landon Blake
> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I hope to launch a start-up offering services based on some open source
> > geospatial software in the next couple of months. I would like to know if
> > anyone from the OSGeo community would be willing to share a sample
> contract
> > for open source software services with me.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Landon
> >
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>
>
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