Question 1

What should a freelance contract include?

Accepted Answer

A solid freelance agreement covers: who the parties are, the scope of work and deliverables, the fee and payment terms (deposit, due dates), who owns the intellectual property (ideally assigned to the client on full payment, with your pre-existing tools excluded), confidentiality, your status as an independent contractor (you handle your own taxes), how either side can end the agreement, and which country’s law governs it. This free generator builds a clean starting-point agreement with those clauses — have a qualified lawyer review and adapt it to your country before you rely on it.

Question 2

Who owns the work — me or the client?

Accepted Answer

It depends entirely on the contract, which is exactly why you need one. The common, fair arrangement for freelancers is that intellectual property in the deliverables transfers to the client only on full payment, while your own pre-existing tools, libraries and know-how stay yours. This generator lets you pick assignment-on-payment or a licence, and states it explicitly so there is no dispute later. Confirm the wording with a lawyer for your jurisdiction.

Freelance contract generator

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