Usually what I do, is sell a copy of the license, not ownership unless it is something that is ONLY GEARED towards their company and could not be used by other organizations. That was a stipulation that I add to the contract prior to beginning the work. That way I can re-sell the work if needed(wanted) without repercussions.
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Tilbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:53 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: The dreaded question of "intellectual property" Have had an issue for an unyet finished project (despite working my arse off on it) where the client wants full ownership of the resultant code. I am very unhappy about this for several reasons: 1. Their remuneration is pathetic (AUD$21 per hour compared to my usual rate of $65+) - I got close to that much slave labour trawling through 8,000 boxes of dusty file boxes. 2. This will be a major business tool - total automation via ColdFusion, SQL Server, EFTPOS, email, Credit Card processing and pure Adobe Acrobat paperless output, most of their business processes, with import/export between "notebook databases" and the main system, and SMS integration. 3. Our "host" is useless and despite many attempts to get answers they still do not have secure SSL. I have started looking for a new home for them surreptitiously. 4. They do not own licenses for either ColdFusion or SQL Server - ouch for them? 5. There are a LOT of other businesses that would be interested in what I am creating. So why would I sell so cheaply (or at all). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273296 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
