Software development agreements
Set out sprint or milestone deliverables, acceptance testing, payment points, change requests, support, and handoff expectations.
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Contracts for Software, SaaS, and Digital Teams
Software moves fast, but the agreement decides who owns the code and who keeps paying for it. Conway & Case Articles prepares technology startup contracts that spell out scope, intellectual property, subscriptions, and founder responsibilities before a gap turns into a dispute.
Documents for digital businesses
Put the working terms in writing
A useful agreement reflects how work is scoped, delivered, paid for, and maintained. The right document depends on your product, customer relationship, and team.
Website development contracts
Document design and build scope, client approvals, hosting responsibilities, maintenance, launch timing, and rights to the finished work.
Subscription agreements and terms
Cover recurring charges, billing cycles, renewals, account access, service limits, cancellation, and product changes in plain terms.
Privacy policy preparation
Describe the product's data practices, including what information is collected, why it is used, and which third-party processors are involved.
Founder and shareholder agreements
Clarify equity, vesting, responsibilities, decision rights, departures, and how the company handles important disagreements.
Agency retainer agreements
Define monthly services, capacity, reporting, client inputs, extra requests, payment dates, and the process for ending or changing a retainer.
Code, content, and creator rights
Intellectual property: who owns what
IP language should distinguish work made for a client from tools or materials a creator already owns. A software development agreement can also explain how third-party libraries and open-source components fit into delivery.
Make ownership explicit.
That clarity helps both sides understand what can be reused, modified, licensed, or shown in a portfolio.
Assignment
An assignment transfers specified rights in defined work. The agreement can identify which deliverables transfer, when transfer takes effect, and what conditions must be met first.
- Identify the deliverables covered by the transfer.
- Separate new work from pre-existing tools and materials.
- Address third-party and open-source components.
License
A license gives permission to use defined material while its creator or owner keeps ownership. Its scope can describe permitted uses, duration, territory, and any limits on sharing or modification.
- Define the permitted use and who may use it.
- Keep reusable background IP distinct from project work.
- Set clear portfolio and reference-use terms.
Plan documents around the business
Contracts by company stage
The document set changes as your product, revenue, and team change. Start with the decisions in front of you.
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Early stage
Set founder expectations, contractor terms, and a first client agreement before work or ownership assumptions spread.
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Growth stage
Prepare subscription terms and privacy language as recurring revenue, product use, and vendor relationships expand.
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Scaling stage
Review shareholder arrangements, licensing, reseller terms, and agency retainers as more people and partners join the work.
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Mature operations
Build a consistent set of templates for client onboarding, routine purchases, and repeated service arrangements.
A clear working process
How technology engagements run
We begin with the product and the deal, not a generic template. You can request drafting or review for a specific agreement or a connected set of documents.
Start with the real workflow.
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Discuss the product and parties
Share how the product earns revenue, who builds or supports it, and what customers or collaborators need to agree to.
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Map the documents needed now
Identify the agreement to address first and note related documents that may make sense as the company grows.
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Draft or review the terms
Focus on technical definitions, delivery and acceptance language, payments, IP rights, and the responsibilities each party controls.
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Receive the final documents
Get the completed documents with a plain-language summary of how key terms work in practice.
Common questions
Technology contract questions
These answers can help you identify the issues to raise when discussing a document for your business.
Specific terms matter.
Can one agreement cover development work and ongoing support?
It can address both when the scope is clear. The document should separate build deliverables from ongoing support, with distinct fees, response expectations, and change procedures where needed.
How are change requests handled in a development agreement?
The agreement can require written approval for a change, describe how its cost or schedule will be assessed, and state when work on that change begins. This helps distinguish a new request from an agreed deliverable.
Can you prepare terms of service for a product in beta?
Yes. Beta terms can describe the product's current limits, access conditions, user responsibilities, data practices, and how feedback or product changes are handled. The wording should match what the beta actually does.
What belongs in a founder agreement before funding discussions?
Founders often document contributions, equity, vesting, roles, decision-making, IP assignment, departures, and dispute procedures. The right provisions depend on the company's structure and the founders' plans.
How does an agency retainer differ from a project agreement?
A retainer usually sets recurring services or capacity over a period. A project agreement centers on defined deliverables and completion. Either can clarify fees, client inputs, extra work, ownership, and how the relationship ends.
For founders, builders, and digital agencies
Get your product paperwork in order
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