Hi keymaster, I have one particular system, and I make it clear that my software is 'leased', and should our business relationship cease for any reason, they are legally entitled to their raw data, and I reassure them that any competent programmer can import that data into another system. (It's exported as XML). I also have copies of all my intellectual property (source and documentation) held in escrow, so if I become terminally ill or die, my clients each get a copy.
For the rest of my clients, they're paying for bespoke development, so I make no claim of rights over the code. Hope this helps, Richard On Feb 20, 7:07 pm, keymaster <[email protected]> wrote: > Have any of you ever been presented with the following challenge by a > client: > > ==================================================================== > "You are offering to build my site on top of your custom CMS based on > cakephp. I am worried that by not going with a standard cms like > Drupal, we will be getting into trouble. You might leave and we'll be > stuck with a proprietary solution no one understands, whereas with > Drupal we can easily find someone who is familiar with it enough to > take it over. > > Also, Drupal is proven to work well and is solid, and it has all these > extensions we can inherit for free. Your proprietary solution is not > as proven, and we'll have to pay to develop so many things Drupal > gives us for free." > ===================================================================== > > Would you agree with this client? Or not? > > What points would you make in your reasoned response? Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en
