Yes, i suggested two alternatives - [A] I own all the IP in the code, and grant him an irrevocable perpetual license to use it and any derivative work arising from it, or
[B] he owns all the IP and grants me an irrevocable perpetual license to use it and any derivative work arising from it. He chose the second and when he signs the licence and pays me for the work, he gets unencrypted code. I took up Jochem's suggestion and the suggestions of several other people on this list (what a helpful list!!) and here's what i'm doing: I mounted the code on a site on my shared hosting service He can test the functionality and appearance there. We'll work on that version of the code until it behaves and looks how he wants it to. Then he'll get an encypted version of the code with a time bomb in it to load onto his servers and test that the functionality and appearance is the same on his servers as on the staging site. Then after he signs the licence, and pays me my final 25% payment, he gets the clear-text code, I walk off into the sunset counting my money, and resolving not to do business with him again. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 5/17/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because he wants to own outright all the IP in the project, > > no pre-written modules can be used. Everything must be > > custom written for him, so he can own all the IP. > > You do have a nonexclusive right to reuse algorithms, etc, in your own > development, right? > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278367 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
