Group,
 
Looking for some insights from people. I recently placed a copy of 7.6 on my 
clients 
server so they would feel better about "if something happened to me" someone 
else
could pick up the pieces.
 
They found what I have been placing in my rmd's at the top:
-- Title:        PurchaseRecon.rmd
-- Comment:      replaces old reconpur.cmd
-- Created:      Sep 2007
-- Author:       Jan D. Johansen 
-- Copyright © 2007 Dane Data Systems
-- Last Update
-- Uses Forms: PurchReconSelect,reconpur
 
Now they are upset because they thought they owned the code. In this case 
the code is somewhat
hybrid. The original code was in 4.5 ++ (I think) and I have "borrowed" 
sections of the original code during the upgrade. I have found traces of at 
least 3 other people in the original. Of course I have rewritten sections 
and supplanted with my own and borrowed from other people on the list. 
 
The header was placed mainly as an afterthought in the rmd's without much 
thought to what it implied. 
 
So now - who owns the code? Is it the intellectual property of the developer 
or since the client pays you for your services is it his? 
 
I know I should have spelled this out in an agreement but didn't think I 
would run into anything like this (there I go thinking again). 
 
Any thoughts/comments greatly appreciated in advance (I'm offline for about 
10 hours after I hit the send).
 
Jan

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