You are in a tricky situation here, legally if you developed the tool outside of your employers time then the tool can be classed as yours alone and your employer can form another contract with you re: the use of the tool with updates etc.. you can get a nice little $ sum from that kind of thing. However, if it states in your contract that all work you do within company time and for company products/clients then effectively the IPS (Intellectual Property Rights) are theirs as you are simply an assett of the company... Best thing to do is [a] form some kind of agreement outlined in the para above and leave on good terms with [a] your tool and [b] an existing relationship with your employer for updates etc.... thats what I did. Also everyone knows that encrypting tags is fruitless as with a little search on Google you can get a decryptor in minutes! Neil p.s Why are you not sharing your tool? I would love to have a look at it. <!------------------------------ Neil Clark Senior Web Applications Engineer Spectra / CF / XML / Cerebro Macromedia Alliance Partner MCB Digital Limited [T]: 020 8941 3232 [F]: 020 8941 4333 [M]: 07719 448 227 [E]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [www] www.fluidik.com --------------------------------> 'A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
