On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:07:47 Craig Boxall wrote:

> If it is explained and agreed to at the outset that there is going to
> be use of an open source product and they agree to X, Y and Z about
> maintaining that code then all is well in my opinion. If they dont
> agree to it, then that is also fine and a resolution can be found
> before any work is done.

When the 'offer' side of the equation is complex and/or ambiguous, the onus 
just about always falls on the supplier to remedy any controversy.

A wise web developer at this point won't be debating the point on here - they 
will be working out a way to capitalise on the situation, in other words take 
commercial advantage of the common market place perception.

This should ideally take the form of a portfolio of product offerings that is 
so simple any numbnuts could understand it. This could be sold over and over 
again, taking a few hundred to a few thousand dollars each time.

While I am not a web developer my professional background is in the Internet 
industry. I am relating things I have been hearing from customers for almost 
as long as I can recall. For myself the day I got out of selling technically 
complex systems, and opted for a product range that could be trivially 
described and sold over and over again, was the business business decision I 
ever made.

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