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Sadly this is exactly what should be done in most contracts. (In a hypothetical alternate world where law worked more like OSS). Of course it was unethical for
by iandanforth 8y ago
Sadly this is exactly what should be done in most contracts. (In a hypothetical alternate world where law worked more like OSS).
Of course it was unethical for them to do it without telling you and trying to charge you $5k for it, but law would be a heck of a lot cheaper if openness and code re-use were the default.
- Max_aaa 8y agoIt would be nice to git clone a contract.
- newsoul2019 8y agoWhy doesn't all legal work start with a "git clone"?
- ptman 8y agoThe contract may well be copyright by the competing service provider's law firm. You can't just copy&paste it. It's especially worrying when law firms specialising in IPR issues do this.
- arendtio 8y agoEspecially in the startup world, such a model would be quite helpful as we spend more money on the lawyer than on anything else (in the early days).
- gowld 8y agonolo.com for standard contracts. You are welcome to stary a business or an open-source effort to publish standard contract templates.
- joshfraser 8y agoAnd the best law firms understand that. Take Cooley's terms of use generator for example: https://www.cooleygo.com/documents/terms-use/ https://www.cooleygo.com/documents/terms-use/