vangogh
08-16-2012, 03:38 AM
I recently found a site that looks interesting. The site, Docracy, offers free and open legal documents (http://www.docracy.com) to help with a lot of things. I haven't yet looked through the documents so I can't say how good or bad they are, but the idea is that anyone can upload something and since they're open source, the community can edit and improve them.
It looks like they have documents for both personal and business and they've created bundles for specific things. I was pointed to the site for a bundle of contracts and other documents for web designers. I see one for freelancers and another for startups. I don't see any way to browse beyond the few things on the home page, but there's a search box at the top.
These do all come with the disclaimer that nothing on the site should be considered legal advice, etc. so you probably still want to consult with an attorney for some of what you'll find, but for those documents you'll probably write yourself, like a privacy policy on your site, you can find good examples and starting points.
It looks like they have documents for both personal and business and they've created bundles for specific things. I was pointed to the site for a bundle of contracts and other documents for web designers. I see one for freelancers and another for startups. I don't see any way to browse beyond the few things on the home page, but there's a search box at the top.
These do all come with the disclaimer that nothing on the site should be considered legal advice, etc. so you probably still want to consult with an attorney for some of what you'll find, but for those documents you'll probably write yourself, like a privacy policy on your site, you can find good examples and starting points.