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. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
