Archive for August, 2007

New Draft Speaker Agreement

Friday, August 24th, 2007

The wiki has gained a third document: a draft Speaker Agreement, thanks to Siva Vaidhyanathan (and Gavin Baker, who pointed it out!) Please head over there and help the checking process, particularly if you're a content lawyer and can give it a professional proofread. I've also had a private email about whether ...

How to help out right now

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Help setup the wiki, sign up if you want to, and help start a framework for folks to work in! Donate your existing documents and contracts by giving them a Creative Commons license and adding them to the wiki! Blog about the project and help get others interested! Are you a contract lawyer ...

Launching OwnTerms

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Hello. This is OwnTerms, and it's intended as a clearinghouse for Creative Commons-licensed stock legal documents. Documents like web site terms and conditions, speaker contracts, simple web design contracts and so on. Why? Because most businesses starting out just rip their terms and conditions from another site; because most freelance designers ...