yup unless you sign it over to them and you'd be a fool to do so, or say you are employeed by a company then it's thier code.
here is why: ok i make a lot of fly fishing sites right, so, say I make a fly shops web site and I release the code and content to them and then I make another fly shops site and the first one comes back and sues the bejesus outta me because they know i probably used a lot of the same code which they now own and they now have the right to sue me and the other fly shop which will probably turn around and sue me as well..... So what it you need is to give them a licence to use the code and also that way they can't sell your code for profit. But by law if there is no agreement then the code is yours just like if you took a photo it would belong to you. You can give them the code but you'd need to sign it over to them. It was an eye opener for me and it's one of the first things I talk with my new (and old) clients about now. They are kinda shocked at first but outta the 16 i have on order now not one said no to it. The best defense for this is a good offense and the first thing you do is get a good contract signed before you do squat. I have a generic one i just fill in if anyone wants it. The program "home and business lawyer" is where i got it but I took out the part that signs over the code rights, per my attorney's suggestion. ~Dave the disruptor~ ---------------------------------------- From: Steve Milburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:17 PM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: Re: Hiding Files from a client with access Really Dave? I'll take your word for it, but I thought the opposite was true. If somebody is paying you to write code, then the code is theirs unless you have a written agreement to the contrary. At least that's the way I understood it. I'm probably wrong though. Steve dave wrote: > Les, > I just had one of these myself and went through all the legal mumbo jumbo and > am pretty versed on it, if you want to email me off list I will send you my #. > > Basically, if you havent given them a written license to use the code and > they move it to another domain or host then they are into copyright > infringment and in big trouble. Unless you sign over your rights to the code > then it remains your property and if you do sign the code over you need to be > smacked up-side-your-empty-head because you could have just ruined your > coding career. > > I'm not going to say what preventive tackics i am using now on here because > it is searchable by google. > > ~Dave the disruptor~ > > --- --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240455 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
