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I guess LLMs are OK at this as most ToS and Privacy Policies have quite fixed formats.
And if you decide to use an LLM, don’t settle for the first version. Ask thoughtful questions, request relevant improvements, and spend some time with this document. The first version tends to have a bunch of flaws, mistakes and oversights, and the LLM might even be able to find and fix them if you tell it to do that. After a few iterations of ironing out the wrinkles, you should show the document to a real lawyer just in case.
Repeated revisions with LLM of course is needed. For a small side FOSS project, the TOS and privacy policy is just in case. Plis the OP isn't intended to make money off of it. The risk of someone going after OP is really low. I don't really think OP need to get a real lawyer to do it.
Yeah, those services can be really expensive, so justifying expenses like that might be hard in a small project.
If OP really needs it, law school students might be a good way to get cheaper rates. AFAIK, TOS and Privacy Policy are basically contracts, and every law student should know how to.