> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:product-developers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PythonHack > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Product-Developers] how to reconcile copyright/licensing of > nearlyidentical (paid) products? > > Hi Plonistas > I know you aren't (all) lawyers, but I could use some general guidance > in the following situation: > > Customer A hires me to develop a product that extends some AT Content > types along with code that uses those content types in a reasonably > proprietary way. It also requires new roles that represent different > 'levels' of membership. > > Customer B already wants/needs exactly the same roles set up for his/her > product. > > Customer C needs content types that are virtually identical to those > used by A, used in a slightly different but similar way. > > Question: How do you distinguish ownership/copyright and licensing of > paid work when some of the work is configurations, some is coding, some > is probably reusable or you think you 'may' be asked to do the same > thing again at a future date by other customers (or perhaps even his/her > competitor). Who owns what?
You'd probably want to specify ownership in your initial contract with customer A. Not infrequently, open source consultants will say that they retain ownership/copyright of what they create, while granting a GPL (or equivalent) license to the contractee. Without such an explicit specification, I think you're likely in muddy waters and would need to consult a lawyer. Or at least someone smarter than me. ;-) I'd love to hear if others have experience with this, it's a great question. :jon _______________________________________________ Product-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/product-developers
