You'll need to read up on the laws in your area, but generally contracts have IP ownership clauses to ensure the employer ends up with it. Without a contract, it's seems likely there was no such transfer and you remain the owner.
On 21 Oct 2017 8:26 PM, "ToddAndMargo" <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:57 AM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com >>> <mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com>> wrote: >>> >>> On 10/21/2017 12:40 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: >>> >>> If I write a program for a customer who pays my labor to >>> write it, who own the program? Me or the customer? >>> >>> >>> I am a private contractor. What they payed me for fixing a/the >>> problem. They don't care how. I was wondering if they owned >>> any of the code I wrote to fix the problem. The customer did >>> not specifically ask me to write anything. >>> >>> >>> > On 10/21/2017 01:07 AM, Brent Laabs wrote: > >> This depends on the contract you signed with the customer, and laws in >> your local jurisdiction. As such, it's probably a question more >> appropriate to ask a lawyer than this list. >> >> > There is no contract involved. The customer wants a problem fixed. > He does not want to know how. And he is not commissioning me for > any software. Just a fix. > > I can not afford a lawyer. >
