Development Service Contract
Development Service Contract
Definitions
Developer: ____________________
Client: ____________________
Services: ____________________
Product: ____________________
Intangibles: ____________________
Terms
1. Rate: Services shall be billed to the Client at the rate of $____________________ USD per
hour.
2. Payment: The Client shall send payment to the Developer within ____________________
days of receiving an invoice.
3. Billable Time: All time spent performing Services and communicating with the Client is
billable.
4. Copyright: Copyright of all Products created while performing Services for the Client will be
transferred to the Client upon receipt of payment in full, except in the cases described below.
5. Copyright Exceptions
1. The Developer reserves the right to reuse and re-license portions of the created Product as
desired, as long as the portions are general solutions to common problems and are not
specific to the Clients product.
2. Any portions of the Product whose copyright is withheld by the developer are licensed to
the Client for use in the Product under the MIT license:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
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3. The Client will only be billed for portions of the Product which were created during the
effective period of this contract and created while performing Services for the Client.
6. Intangible Property: The Developer retains ownership of all Intangibles gained by the
Developer (that are not previously owned by the Client) while providing Services.
7. Termination: Either party must give at least ____________________ days notice to the other
party before termination. This contract may only be terminated after all outstanding invoices
have been paid in full.
8. Changes: Either party may request to modify the terms of this contract at any time. When
both parties consent to new terms and a new contract is signed, this contract is terminated
immediately.
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