Have you signed a contract stating thus? I've worked on other projects for people who want the same consideration and I just tell them that in order to save time, the code I write for them will have pieces of other projects I have worked on, and will have code snippets and utilities taken from online resources, so the project -- as a whole -- isn't competely distinct. As such I let them know that while I won't just copy and paste wholesale to a new application (and certainly not a competitor) I may wind up using pieces of what I wrote for other new projects including my own, and they're usually ok with that.
Otherwise I insist that everything, and I mean everything, must be written from scratch and they pay a premium for it. They can't expect me to reuse old code and then divorce myself from the resulting code. Mik At 12:53 PM 3/21/2007, you wrote: >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). > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
