Scheme of work contract
- by Tommy
I'm in the process of setting up a (one man) company and got to a item on my list "contracts and insurance".
I will primary be offering custom software development but may also offer some "open source solutions", install, configure / manage e.t.c.
I'm not sure how to approach a contract with a potential customer. I want to be flexible and offer the customer rights over the product (when not using open source of course) but I obviously want / need to be able to reuse code, already written and any future work. Is this possible or is it just something that people do but strictly they shouldn't?
Is there a standard freelancing / contacting developer agreement? Going to a lawyer I'm sure is an answer but a very expensive one!
If not do you end up with a fresh contract with each job / client and lots of trips to solicitors?