I used to think all client contracts needed the same basic terms

For years, I just reused a standard template for every deal, thinking it covered everything. The problem hit when a client in Phoenix wanted to use our work in a new way we never talked about. My old contract didn't say anything about that, and it almost caused a big fight. It made me see that a one-size-fits-all legal agreement is a bad idea for an agency. How do you all handle adding specific use cases into your service agreements?

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gracewebb1mo ago

Oh, the classic "template trap"! It's so easy to think a basic form covers everything until a client finds that one weird loophole. I learned the hard way to add a whole section just for use cases and rights now.

lane.eric18d ago

Man I feel that one @gracewebb. Three years ago I had a client who figured out my boilerplate license section didn't say anything about derivative works, so they resold my code as their own product. Took me a whole weekend to rewrite that contract.

samjohnson1mo ago

Templates always miss the weird stuff you don't see coming.