Thanks Chris and Rey!
Looks like I have some hashing out of details to do.
Thanks again, Christine :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olive, Christopher M Mr USACHPPM"
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Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:05 AM
Subject: RE: CF Contract?
> 100% correct. relying on the "default" is not the best way to do business.
i
> would strongly encourage you to specify the contractual oblications
> regarding IP.
>
> Chris Olive,
> DOEHRS Website Administrator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 9:50 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: CF Contract?
>
>
> Chris,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. You're probably right but the most common reason
> for lawsuits are misunderstandings. The one thing that I've learned about
> intellectual property rights over the years is that its a *VERY* gray area
> of law and leaves quite a bit to interpretation.
>
> Rey...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Olive, Christopher M Mr USACHPPM"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:54 AM
> Subject: RE: CF Contract?
>
>
> > mostly correct.
> >
> > <CF_DISCLAIMER>
> > i am not a lawyer. i am in no way affiliated with lawyers, beyond
> > occasionally having a drink with my pre-law friends. take this with a
> grain
> > of salt.
> > </CF_DISCLAIMER>
> >
> > that having been said...
> >
> > i am somewhat familiar with intellectual property rights. the current
> > standard (that is, what is commonly accepted in the court cases i have
> read)
> > is that "work for hire, unless specifically identified as otherwise, is
> the
> > sole intellectual property of the creator."
> >
> > what this means, in plain english, is this:
> >
> > if you have a contract with an entity (businessi/individual) and they
are
> > NOT paying you as a W2 employee, the work is yours, unless expressly
> stated
> > otherwise in the contract. eg, if you are a 1099 worker, there must be
a
> > proviso in the contract specifically deliniating the IP rights of the
> > created work. if not, it's yours.
> >
> > does this make sense? it's a bit early for me to be having legal
> > conversations. :)
> >
> > Chris Olive,
> > DOEHRS Website Administrator
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:23 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: CF Contract?
> >
> >
> > Christine,
> >
> > All I can say is tread lightly with this issue. Do they know that the
code
> > cannot be redistributed? Many companies assume complete ownership of
work
> > they've contracted for. Since you're coming to them after the work has
> been
> > started, you may encounter some resistance. Make sure that you review
the
> > code and determine what you consider your own propietary code vs. what
was
> > actually custom made for the client. You have a right to your code,
> > obviously but the client will feel the same way about their finished
> > application.
> >
> > Rey...
> > Certified Allaire Instructor
> > Member of Team Allaire
> >
> > "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christine Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 7:20 PM
> > Subject: CF Contract?
> >
> >
> > > Hi all!
> > > I am finishing up a couple small CF applications for a
> > > company, but I don't have any kind of a contract for them to
> > > sign saying they won't redistribute the code, etc. Does
> > > anyone have a standard contract they could post? I'm kind
> > > of new at this so I don't know what to watch out for.
> > > Thanks, Christine
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> >
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