>Yeah, that was a totally different situation, if I recall correctly, >involving stealing code from an employer.
Your right. There was a nuance in his email that I did not catch. My situation was that I had written something for my company while an employee and wanted to use it for my personal purposes. We did talk a little about contract work and who owned that but we didn't really talk about work that could be used by multiple clients. I think the guy that owns Mach II (sorry i don't remember his name) has a CMS. I wonder what he does. Adaryl "Did you reboot?" Wakefield Aviator by passion Programmer by sheer force of will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:01 AM Subject: RE: [KCFusion] Intellectual property question > > > We actually had a pretty rousing discussion about this a while back. I > > thought it was under the subject of ethics but a search of the archives > > turned up nothing. Anybody else remember that? > > Yeah, that was a totally different situation, if I recall correctly, > involving stealing code from an employer. > > > I think that the short answer to your question is make sure you have a > > contract. NEVER work w/o one and have it prepared by an attorney. > > That's ideal. > > > I think that the conclusion that we reached was once you hand > > over your work your client owns it. > > That's not correct. Please see an attorney before proceeding based on that > assumption. > > -glenn > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Billy Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:27 AM > > Subject: [KCFusion] Intellectual property question > > > > > > > Let's say that I develop a content management application for a client. > > The > > > client provides images and content, I provide the layout, navigational > > > scheme and application that makes it all work. > > > > > > Without a contract to define otherwise, who owns what? > > > > > > I assume that the client owns content and images. Can the client also > > claim > > > ownership of the application (cfm) files and/or database? > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -Billy Cox > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Find great local high-speed Internet access value at the MSN High-Speed > > > Marketplace. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > Kansas City ColdFusion User Group's website & listserv is > > > hosted through the generous support of Clickdoug.com > > > To send email to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with your > > request. > > > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > > > Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1. > > > ====================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================= > > Kansas City ColdFusion User Group's website & listserv is > > hosted through the generous support of Clickdoug.com > > To send email to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with your request. > > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > > Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1. > > ====================================================== > > > > > > ========================================================= > Kansas City ColdFusion User Group's website & listserv is > hosted through the generous support of Clickdoug.com > To send email to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your request. > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1. > ====================================================== > ========================================================= Kansas City ColdFusion User Group's website & listserv is hosted through the generous support of Clickdoug.com To send email to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your request. For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1. ======================================================
