# Common Paper Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools) Also called: CommonPaper, Common Paper NDA A contract company for startups that publishes free, standard agreements anyone may use and modify, along with software for sending, reviewing and signing contracts. Its templates cover selling software ([cloud service agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-service-agreement), [terms of service](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms-of-service), [order form](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/order-form), [service level agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/uptime), [software license agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/licensing), [AI addendum](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-addendum)), [privacy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-privacy) ([data processing agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-processing-agreement), [business associate agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business-associate-agreement)), early customers ([pilot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pilot), [design partner agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/design-partner), [letter of intent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/letter-of-intent)), services and hiring ([professional services agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/master-services-agreement), [statement of work](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scope), [independent contractor agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contractor-vs-employee)), and [NDAs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nda), partnerships and [amendments](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contract-amendment). **For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) sends a prospective customer the Common Paper [mutual NDA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nda) instead of paying a lawyer to draft one. Official site: ## Connects to (19) - [Terms of service](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms-of-service): The legal agreement between a service and the people who use it. - [Intellectual property](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/intellectual-property): Things you create that can be owned, such as code, designs, brand names and inventions. - [DocuSign](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/docusign): A service for signing documents electronically. - [Letter of intent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/letter-of-intent): A short document that sets out what two parties intend to agree on, such as a purchase once a product exists. - [Contractor vs employee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contractor-vs-employee): A contractor is an outside person or firm you pay for a defined piece of work, and they decide how to do it. - [Pilot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pilot): A small, time-limited trial of a product with one customer, run to learn whether the product works for that customer before a full contract. - [Scope](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scope): The agreed list of what a project will include and what it will not. - [Uptime](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/uptime): The share of time a service is working and reachable. - [NDA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nda): Non-disclosure agreement. - [Licensing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/licensing): Letting another party use something you own, such as software, a patent or a brand, in exchange for fees or royalties, while you keep… - [Design partner](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/design-partner): An early customer who works closely with a startup to shape a product, giving regular feedback in exchange for early access, a discount or… - [Master services agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/master-services-agreement): A contract that sets the general terms between a client and a provider once (payment, ownership of the work, confidentiality, liability)… - [Cloud service agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-service-agreement): A contract between a company that sells cloud software and a business that buys it. - [Order form](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/order-form): A short document that records one purchase under a contract already in place: what the customer buys, how many users or units, the fees… - [Data processing agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-processing-agreement): A contract that says how a service provider may handle personal data for its customer: what it may do with the data, how it keeps the data… - [Business associate agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business-associate-agreement): A contract that US health privacy law (HIPAA) requires before a clinic, health plan or other covered organization lets an outside company… - [AI addendum](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-addendum): An add-on to a software contract for a product that uses AI. - [Partnership agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/partnership-agreement): A contract between two companies that work together to sell, market or support their products, for example through referrals, co-marketing… - [Contract amendment](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contract-amendment): A short signed document that changes, adds to or clarifies the terms of a contract already in place, without replacing the whole contract. ## Sources - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/common-paper