Service Contract for Development and Design

Definitions
Developer: Name of Individual issuing this contract
Client: Name of Company or individual entering into this contract with the Devel
oper
Services: Any task or series of tasks done by the Developer on request from the
Client, or as part of fulfilling a request from the Client
Product: Any code, images, markup, scripts, content created by the Developer whi
le performing Services
Intangibles: Knowledge about solutions to problems, methods, or designs
Terms
Rate: Services shall be billed to the Client at the rate of $___ USD per hour.
Payment: The Client shall send payment to the Developer within 30 days of receiv
ing an invoice.
Late Payment: If a payment is more than 7 days late, no Services will be perform
ed for the Client until payment is received.
Billable Time: All time spent performing Services and communicating with the Cli
ent is billable.
Estimations: If an estimate is requested by the Client, the first 30 minutes of
time spent preparing the estimate will not be billable. Time spent on an estimat
e beyond 30 minutes will be billable at the normal rate.
Copyright: Copyright of all Products created while performing Services for the C
lient will be transferred to the Client upon receipt of payment in full, except
in the cases described below.
Copyright Exceptions
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 pro
blems and are not specific to the Clients product.
Any portions of the Product whose copyright is withheld by the developer are lic
ensed to the Client for use in the Product under the MIT license: http://www.ope
nsource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
The Client will only be billed for portions of the Product which were created du
ring the effective period of this contract and created while performing Services
for the Client.
Intangible Property: The Developer retains ownership of all Intangibles gained b
y the Developer (that are not previously owned by the Client) while providing Se
rvices.
Termination: Either party must give at least 14 days notice to the other party b
efore termination. This contract may only be terminated after all outstanding in
voices have been paid in full.
Changes: Either party may request to modify the terms of this contract at any ti
me. When both parties consent to new terms and a new contract is signed, this co
ntract is terminated immediately.