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So, where can we get an idea of the language to use for a client wishing to hire a consultant who would employ GPL software and intend to publish and share that intellectual property for the benefit of the client, the contractor and the world at large?
So, where can we get an idea of the language to use for a client wishing to hire a consultant who would employ GPL software and intend to publish and share that intellectual property for the benefit of the client, the contractor and the world at large?


== Good Examples ==
== Good Examples and Guides ==
 
It was only after extensive research for this topic that I discovered the Civic Commons' [http://wiki.civiccommons.org/Legal_Issues_and_Best_Practices_Around_Procuring_or_Deploying_OSS_In_Your_Organization Best Practices Around Procuring or Deploying OSS in Your Organization]
 
http://teleogistic.net/2013/04/gpl-and-free-software-language-for-government-contracts/ shows a clause that was used in a University setting.
 
[[Copyright/Example Contract Clauses]]


* In 2010 [https://codeforamerica.org/ Code for America] and [https://www.openplans.org/ Open Plans] collaborated to create '''Civic Commons''', which is now all-volunteer, but the work product remains online. The Civic Commons' 2015 article [http://wiki.civiccommons.org/Legal_Issues_and_Best_Practices_Around_Procuring_or_Deploying_OSS_In_Your_Organization Best Practices Around Procuring or Deploying OSS in Your Organization] is one helpful example.
* 2013 [http://teleogistic.net/2013/04/gpl-and-free-software-language-for-government-contracts/] GPL and free software language for government contracts] shows a clause that was used in a University setting.
* [[Copyright/Example Contract Clauses]]


== Distribution explained ==
== Distribution explained ==