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Ask HN: When to create a legal disclaimer for side project

3 points by tsaprailis 9y ago

Hi all, I was just wondering how soon should someone create a legal disclaimer for their side-project while trying to validate an idea? Is there a quick/easy way to perhaps generate a "standard" legal disclaimer that covers early usage until the project has progressed enough to warrant a proper legal notice form an attorney/lawyer? Thanks

mtmail 9y ago
Wordpress has their pretty complex one under share-a-like license https://en.wordpress.com/tos/ https://en.wordpress.com/tos/ There's many "terms of service generator" type websites. Some free, some charge per section (https://termsfeed.com/wizard/terms-service https://termsfeed.com/wizard/terms-service). Personally I think we didn't have one for the first year, no user or paying customer minded or ask us about that. (not legal advise)
- tsaprailis 9y ago
  Thanks for this!
jeffmould 9y ago
IANAL, but I don't think there is a specific time to do this. On the other hand, if you have users I would err on the side of caution and at least put something simple up. A good resource for a privacy policy and terms of use is CooleyGo: Terms of Use: https://www.cooleygo.com/documents/terms-use/ https://www.cooleygo.com/documents/terms-use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.cooleygo.com/documents/privacy-policy/ https://www.cooleygo.com/documents/privacy-policy/