Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services
Thanks for those suggestions Brent. On Sep 27, 2013 3:32 PM, Brent Wood pcr...@pcreso.com wrote: Check out companies already offering support contracts for FOSS tools, EnterpriseDB, 2nd Quadrant, Oracle (for MySQL), OpenGeo (Boundless), etc... I think most of them have contracts (or at least a Terms of Service document) available online. At the last FOSS4G in Nottingham, most vendor stands were companies offering commercial support for FOSS applications. Seemingly a growth industry - hopefully some funding goes back to the core development team, or at least the product... Brent Wood -- *From:* Landon Blake sunburned.surve...@gmail.com *To:* OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org *Sent:* Saturday, September 28, 2013 9:43 AM *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services I hope to launch a start-up offering services based on some open source geospatial software in the next couple of months. I would like to know if anyone from the OSGeo community would be willing to share a sample contract for open source software services with me. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services
I hope to launch a start-up offering services based on some open source geospatial software in the next couple of months. I would like to know if anyone from the OSGeo community would be willing to share a sample contract for open source software services with me. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services
Landon, As a consultant, I never actually proposed a contract. When it was up to me, I'd just write up a statement of work. Sometimes I had to sign contracts created by the clients of course. For the most part open source geospatial isn't different than any other business. The one item I was always careful about was making clear what software products were remaining under an open source license vs. becoming the property of the client. Best regards, Frank On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Landon Blake sunburned.surve...@gmail.com wrote: I hope to launch a start-up offering services based on some open source geospatial software in the next couple of months. I would like to know if anyone from the OSGeo community would be willing to share a sample contract for open source software services with me. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| Geospatial Software Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services
Thanks for the comments Frank. I'm familiar with scope of services, but I'll probably want a simple contract as well. I can work something up from scratch, but I thought I would see what other people were using. Landon On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Frank Warmerdam warmer...@pobox.comwrote: Landon, As a consultant, I never actually proposed a contract. When it was up to me, I'd just write up a statement of work. Sometimes I had to sign contracts created by the clients of course. For the most part open source geospatial isn't different than any other business. The one item I was always careful about was making clear what software products were remaining under an open source license vs. becoming the property of the client. Best regards, Frank On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Landon Blake sunburned.surve...@gmail.com wrote: I hope to launch a start-up offering services based on some open source geospatial software in the next couple of months. I would like to know if anyone from the OSGeo community would be willing to share a sample contract for open source software services with me. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| Geospatial Software Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services
Check out companies already offering support contracts for FOSS tools, EnterpriseDB, 2nd Quadrant, Oracle (for MySQL), OpenGeo (Boundless), etc... I think most of them have contracts (or at least a Terms of Service document) available online. At the last FOSS4G in Nottingham, most vendor stands were companies offering commercial support for FOSS applications. Seemingly a growth industry - hopefully some funding goes back to the core development team, or at least the product... Brent Wood From: Landon Blake sunburned.surve...@gmail.com To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 9:43 AM Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sample Contract for Open Source Software Services I hope to launch a start-up offering services based on some open source geospatial software in the next couple of months. I would like to know if anyone from the OSGeo community would be willing to share a sample contract for open source software services with me. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
