Should I Use an NDA With Any Hired Developers?

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What do most people starting a forum do in regards to obtaining a signed NDA from developers and consultants they hire? I've found a few developers that seem very good and I'm wondering what the next step is.

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I would say most private XenForo development does not involve the transfer of confidential information so the need for an NDA does not exist in those cases. If I was to guess I would say 98% of private development done involving XenForo is done without an NDA involved.

If you still believe you need to protect yourself there are plenty of free sample NDAs for software development available to download on the internet. I would find one the best fits your needs and tweak it.

If you go the route of getting a legal professional to write you an NDA, and then account for the costs it would take to enforce it using a lawyer litigating your rights in the courts - the costs of the two combined would be more than most forums would be willing to spend.

Many people just need development done to solve a specific need quickly. They in-turn then allow that development work to be shared, and sometimes sold, to the XenForo community afterwards to help other site owners. This is pretty much the norm around here as far as development goes. This also allows developers to keep their prices down if they can expect additional sales to offset their time involved building and maintaining the custom development in the future.
 
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The majority of my clients don't ask for one, for what it's worth.

It depends on what you want. Hobbyist forums usually don't bother, but business related forums sometimes do depending on the data being dealt with. There's also GDPR requirements to consider if the client is in the EU, and what the person is going to have access to.

If a client wants an NDA, we use a boilerplate NDA, or can use one supplied by the client, though for small projects that's going to increase cost since I'd need to pay an attorney to review it. One suggestion: it's a business you need work done for, check to see the provider has cybercrime liability insurance.

If it's an add-on being developed solely on their system(s) without access to yours, and they are just handing over the add-on when it's done, then there's no NDA needed unless you're sharing proprietary business processes with them.
 
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