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I don’t think lawyers want version control of contracts. They want what is outlined in the contract to be the final agreement. An agreement with a bunch of hist

by rcme 3y ago

I don’t think lawyers want version control of contracts. They want what is outlined in the contract to be the final agreement. An agreement with a bunch of history attached seems like it would be worse.

jagraff 3y ago
But you could still use version control for drafting. You don't include version control history in your shipped binary but it's still very useful for coding.
rtkwe 3y ago
I'm not sure what that would change legally, the contract signed is still the contract agreed to. Most of the time you either sign on paper or e-Sign a pdf neither of which will communicate the history so it would just help keep track of changes.
renewiltord 3y ago
You want it for the process of drafting. In fact, it is quite common in the SF startup world (and probably elsewhere) while redlining to send back and forth a Word document with Track Changes turned on. One time, someone turned it off and then pasted over a different document, and then turned it back on and made some edits so only a few changes were made. It's really quite shady but you have to deal with all sorts so we just fixed it up. Ultimately, a tool like Juro would be pretty cool, but if you're the guy trying to get the contract done you're not going to introduce a new thing to the workflow. Everyone will object. While negotiating over a contract, seeing the changes is very useful. It's very common. Talk to someone who is in procurement or who is in sales.
TeMPOraL 3y ago
Proper version control would ruin all the fun - it would make it easier for unwanted parties (such as e.g. the partner you have office rivalry with, or legal discovery process you're at the receiving end of) to step through the history of your documents, while making it harder for the opposition or other third parties to ship all the juicy history to you by pure accident (i.e. sending the OG Word document with "Track Changes" still on). (Disclaimer: IANAL, most of my "knowledge" about the legal profession comes from the TV show Suits.)

by rcme 3y ago

jagraff 3y ago

But you could still use version control for drafting. You don't include version control history in your shipped binary but it's still very useful for coding.

rtkwe 3y ago

I'm not sure what that would change legally, the contract signed is still the contract agreed to. Most of the time you either sign on paper or e-Sign a pdf neither of which will communicate the history so it would just help keep track of changes.

renewiltord 3y ago

You want it for the process of drafting. In fact, it is quite common in the SF startup world (and probably elsewhere) while redlining to send back and forth a Word document with Track Changes turned on. One time, someone turned it off and then pasted over a different document, and then turned it back on and made some edits so only a few changes were made. It's really quite shady but you have to deal with all sorts so we just fixed it up. Ultimately, a tool like Juro would be pretty cool, but if you're the guy trying to get the contract done you're not going to introduce a new thing to the workflow. Everyone will object. While negotiating over a contract, seeing the changes is very useful. It's very common. Talk to someone who is in procurement or who is in sales.

TeMPOraL 3y ago

Proper version control would ruin all the fun - it would make it easier for unwanted parties (such as e.g. the partner you have office rivalry with, or legal discovery process you're at the receiving end of) to step through the history of your documents, while making it harder for the opposition or other third parties to ship all the juicy history to you by pure accident (i.e. sending the OG Word document with "Track Changes" still on). (Disclaimer: IANAL, most of my "knowledge" about the legal profession comes from the TV show Suits.)