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["Tanner Lovelace" <clubjuggler AT gmail.com>]

Many people want to have access to the source code
so that, say, if you get hit by a bus, they're not
up a creek.  If that's not how you normally work,
though, you can certainly charge more for it.

Cheers,
Tanner

On 4/26/06, Márcia <marcia AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have a question for you independent consultants/freelancers.
>
> I have a new client who's making me sign a contract giving him all the
> rights to have, alter, reuse and pretty much resell any of my source
> code, created for any project we do together.
>
> Is this right? I do understand that, everything I create while employed,
> pretty much belongs to my employer. But we will not have an employer /
> employee relationship in this case. My client will be purchasing a
> solution, a final deliverable, which does not give him the right to also
> have all my source files.... right?
>
> If I really like a bakery's cake, I can order it as many times as I
> want, but that will not give me the right to also have the recipe!
>
> I could, maybe, charge extra for the source files?
>
> Any comments, suggestions, personal experiences?
>
> Thanks!
> Marcia
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Tanner Lovelace
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