No, this is entirely legal, depending upon the initial contract. The client may have the right to use the code for as long as they wish, but the intellectual property of that code remains within the sole ownership of the developer. It is not uncommon at all.
Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Community Professional Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ____________ http://cutterscrossing.com Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" On 10/10/2011 8:54 AM, Akos Fortagh wrote: > hi everyone, any suggestion about this would be very much appreciated. > I have been given some work to make some changes to an existing site and all > the .cfm and .cfc files are encrypted. > The original developers are REFUSING to supply us with the decrypted version > even though the client says they own the site/pages which they paid big bucks > for. > The developers say yes the client does own the pages but only in encrypted > format which to me means owning a car which has no body or engine. > I've tried this tool > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1007043 > but all files became 0KB with nothing in them. > What can I(we) do? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
