Merge branch 'master' of github.com:alexch/clauses

Author: alexch

README.md

@@ -2,25 +2,28 @@
 
 A collection of useful legal clauses for coding consultants or employees to put into their contracts. Written and/or solicited by <a href="http://alexchaffee.com">Alex Chaffee</a>. Available at <https://github.com/alexch/clauses>.
 
-Similar clauses at <https://gist.github.com/postmodern/3242224>
-
 Disclaimer: I AM NOT A LAWYER. You should run all this by your own legal counsel.
 
-# Setup
+## Setup
 
-MacOS:
+### MacOS:
 ```
 brew install caskroom/cask/wkhtmltopdf
 bundle install
 ```
 
-# Usage
+## Automatic contract generation
 
-1. edit `contract.md`, especially the variables at the very top of the file
-2. `bundle exec ruby process.rb contract.md`
-3. open `contract-2000-11-22.pdf` (or whatever today's date is) and proofread it
+1. write a contract using [Markdown](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet)
+2. use [`{{mustache}}`](https://mustache.github.io/) inside your document's body
+3. set variables in your document's header (a bunch of `name:value` lines, terminated with a blank line)
+4. run them through `process.rb` like this:
 
-```
+  ./process.rb contract.md
+
+and like magic, a PDF version will appear!
+
+## License
 
 <p xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
   <a rel="license"
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ bundle install
 
 ## Similar Projects
 
+* <https://gist.github.com/postmodern/3242224>
 * <https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/projects/contract-killer/>
 * <http://www.docracy.com/>
 

contract-2018-05-14.pdf

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Consultant will not perform or invoice Client for Services in excess of {{max_ho
 
 2.	Fees & Expenses.
 Client shall pay Consultant at the rate of ${{rate}} per hour for the Services, and reimburse Consultant for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Services.
-An initial deposit of ${{deposit}} will be due prior to the commencement of the Services, and fees will be deducted from such deposit until it is exhausted.
-Consultant will transmit an invoice to Client every two weeks, and Client will pay Consultant all amounts due within {{net_days}} days of receipt of such invoice.
+{{#deposit}}An initial deposit of ${{deposit}} will be due prior to the commencement of the Services, and fees will be deducted from such deposit until it is exhausted.
+{{/deposit}}Consultant will transmit an invoice to Client every two weeks, and Client will pay Consultant all amounts due within {{net_days}} days of receipt of such invoice.
 Late payments shall be subject to a late payment fee of {{late_fee}} of the amount due.
 
 3.	Intellectual Property.

contract.md

@@ -11,14 +11,24 @@ def usage
 
 source = ARGV[0] || usage
 
+source = Pathname.new(source)
+output_path = File.join(source.dirname,
+  source.basename.to_s.split('.')[0..-2].join('.') +
+  '-' + Date.today.iso8601 +
+  '.pdf')
+
 body = source.is_a?(IO) ? source.read : File.read(source)
 
+def false? x
+  ["false", "0", "no"].include?(x.downcase)
+end
+
 # parse headers
 if body.each_line.first =~ /^\s+\w+:/
   headers, body = body.split("\n\n", 2)
   scope = Hash[headers.each_line.map do |line|
                  line.split(':', 2).map { |x| x.strip }.
-                  map { |x|  ["false", "0", "no"].include?(x.downcase) ? false : x }
+                  map { |x|  false?(x) ? false : x }
                end]
 else
   scope = {}
@@ -71,14 +81,11 @@ def usage
 
 require 'pdfkit'
 kit = PDFKit.new(html,
-  page_size: 'Letter',
-  print_media_type: true,
-  dpi: 400)
+  :page_size => 'Letter',
+  :print_media_type => true,
+  :dpi => 400)
 kit.stylesheets << "contract-style.css"
-
-today = Date.today.iso8601
-file = kit.to_file("contract-#{today}.pdf")
+file = kit.to_file(output_path)
 
 ap file
 `open #{file.path}`
-