Free Commercial Contracts Templates

The GitHub Educational Use Agreement sets the terms for educational institutions participating in the GitHub Education Partner Program, granting students, faculty, and researchers free access to GitHub Enterprise products for non-commercial, academic use. It is an official GitHub contract that defines benefits, conditions, and responsibilities, and can be trusted as part of GitHub’s legally binding program terms.

The GitHub Corporate Terms of Service governed business and institutional use of GitHub’s hosted services, beta previews, support, and professional services, including provisions on accounts, content rights, privacy, compliance, and liability. Though deprecated in 2021, it remains binding for legacy customers and comes from GitHub’s trusted library of official, lawyer-vetted agreements.

The GitHub GPL Cooperation Commitment ensures that GitHub will provide contributors and users of GPL-licensed software an opportunity to cure licence violations before any termination or legal action is pursued. Modeled on GPLv3’s cure and reinstatement terms, this commitment builds trust by aligning GitHub with a broad industry movement to promote fairness and collaboration in open source licensing, and it is publicly available under a Creative Commons license.

The Seedsummit Advisor Agreement template outlines the terms under which an independent advisor provides consulting or strategic services to a company in exchange for equity or monetary compensation. It defines the relationship as that of an independent contractor and includes detailed provisions on confidentiality, intellectual property assignment, payment, and governing law under Portuguese jurisdiction.

The GitHub Sponsors Additional Terms govern participation in the GitHub Sponsors Program, outlining the rights and obligations of both sponsored developers and sponsors, including payment terms, eligibility, acceptable uses, and matching fund rules. Published and maintained by GitHub, these terms supplement the GitHub Terms of Service and ensure transparency, compliance, and accountability in supporting open source projects.

The Seedsummit Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement effects the full and irrevocable transfer by a founder of all intellectual property rights in creations developed in the course of their duties at the company. It details the rights (including software, inventions, trademarks, copyrights, designs, etc.) assigned to the company as part of the exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide and perpetual transfer, which is made without additional consideration in light of the founder’s role.

The GitHub Marketplace Terms of Service set the rules for using GitHub Marketplace, which lets users purchase or install developer apps and actions that integrate with GitHub accounts. Issued and maintained by GitHub, these terms provide a trusted framework covering payments, data sharing, liability, and third-party developer responsibilities.

The GitHub Statement Against Modern Slavery and Child Labor sets out GitHub’s policies and due diligence processes to prevent forced labour, human trafficking, and child labour in its business and supply chain, in line with the UK Modern Slavery Act and international labour standards. It is part of GitHub’s official corporate responsibility commitments, making it a trustworthy reference for ethical sourcing and compliance practices.

The GitHub Registered Developer Agreement sets the terms for joining GitHub’s Developer Program, including permitted API use, confidentiality around non-public/pre-release materials, branding/marketing rules, fees, and termination. It is an official GitHub legal agreement (governed by California law) that defines rights and limits—licensing, support, liability caps, and export controls—so developers can confidently build integrations in compliance with GitHub’s policies.

The GitHub Pre-release License Terms govern the use of GitHub’s pre-release software, allowing evaluation and testing in non-production environments while disclaiming warranties and limiting liability. As an official GitHub legal agreement aligned with Microsoft product terms, it provides authoritative conditions on usage, data collection, confidentiality, and compliance, ensuring clarity for participants in technical previews.