Yes, and what if the program, developed at the client's expense, gets into the hands of a competitor? Usually, your 'holding the copyright' means that your client can't go into business publishing the program you wrote for him without your permission/compensation. There are still limitations to what you can do with the code you developed, especially insofar as it contains your client's business knowledge.
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Gérard Lochon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Question(s) >> Does this situation cause any problems...ethical, legal, other...for the >> developer? >> > > > If the developer worked for hire, could it be considered that it exist a > dependancy relation as between a boss and an employee ? > In this case, the provided code may belong to the client ! > > Gérard. > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
