Thanks Martyn, I'm glad you agree. In fact it gave me th econfidence in my positoin to stick to my guns and we've agreed along the lines you wrote in your post. In fact i used some of your words.
Thats cool because if it all goes pear shaped I can sue you for it huh . ! <g> Caa'arn the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 5/12/06, Martyn Bowis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > It is the client's idea, and the developer cannot usurp ownership of that > IP. > > The client benefits from your experience in writing code quickly and > robustly, which comes from having written a lot of code already for other > people. Your code snippets are your toolset, and you need to own the right > to use your tools so that this client and all others can benefit. The > development of your tools is part of your core business, and cannot be > sold. You give each client a non-exclusive, perpetual right to use products > created/built using those tools. [snippety snippety snip] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240521 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
