Depends on the nature and terms of the contract.  A previous contract I
signed assigned any ip and code I developed to be the property of the
company (even stuff I worked on in my own time).

Regards
Shaine Ismail
On Oct 17, 2011 7:01 AM, "Jan Goyvaerts" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm having a hard time to believe someone can take it that way. UNLESS it
> was agreed upfront the contract was for a specific task only. In that case
> you knew they'll end it once it was done.
>
> But it doesn't look like that's the case here. Or was it ?
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 04:37, Michael Burgess <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi Alexander,
>>
>> While I understand your frustration, this seems like a reasonable way
>> to get something done.
>>
>> Let me explain, I once worked for a someone in the medical industry
>> who had a great idea for manufacturing parts. Now, he had no expertise
>> in manufacturing or software development, but what he did was find the
>> resources, like software engineers and CAD/CAM experts which he
>> contracted to develop a system to perform this new process.
>>
>> This job was fun, interesting and challenging and I got to work in
>> areas I previously hadn't.
>>
>> Once the software was in production and the tooling was perfected he
>> stopped using expensive contractors and found someone more affordable
>> and able to build on the foundations we put together.
>>
>> Last I heard the business is doing well. Now he paid us for our
>> services to implement his idea. We contributed and made improvements
>> to what he was trying to do, but we weren't business partners or
>> owners, we were the hammer and nails to get his job done.
>>
>> If you want to get the benefits, come up with the idea, fund it, and,
>> assuming success, enjoy the fruits of your labor.
>>
>> I guess what I am saying is that just because someone cannot
>> personally implement the solution to a particular problem, what is
>> wrong with them getting someone like yourself in for a short time to
>> help solve that problem.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Oct 17, 6:35 am, "a.efremov" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > It smells as modern days stilling, people promise you contract job and
>> > interesting work, load you 10h/day. then simply run away with your
>> > results. Well, you got a bit of money for that. That's not so bad.
>> > What to do, keep mouth locked and let them do anything with code base.
>> > Finish code and go away.
>>
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