On Mar 17, 2006, at 10:48 AM, vvor wrote:
I hope that this is not a verbal contract, because then you are in
the position of "he said, she said".
it's a mix of verbal and email. the email explains what will be
delivered and how much the payment will be.
Personally, I would stop the project right now and write up a
contract, and that you will not continue any work until they agree to
the terms and full description of the work.
If you are having problems right now that the project is not
finished, then you will really have problems later on. If an
agreement cannot be made, it might be best to just walk away from it
before it gets any worse. They cannot hold you to a breach of
contract if there is no contract (and vice-versa); and even though
there were emails exchanged I don't think they would hold that much
weight if it came to court.
Second, you should never give then non-expiring software (or the
source code) until the project is completed and the contract
completed. If it is a project which requires more than a few days
worth of work, you should have a payment schedule based on the
contract... for example, a 25% payment at contract signing, at the
end of the Alpha phase (feature complete) there would be a 25%
payment, and final 50% payment at the completion of the job.
so you build in expiration, e.g., two weeks? this is for the
phases, or final prior to payment?
The expiration period doesn't really matter... if you are not
finished with the newest version then you just extend the expiration
on an older build. As long as they are willing to continue with the
project, you keep supplying them with updated versions. The demo can
be something complex (I use an embedded and encrypted resource which
contains all demo and serial number info) or you can use something
simple like this in the App.Open() event:
Dim today As New Date
// 20 day demo
If (App.BuildDate.TotalSeconds + (86400 * 20)) >
today.TotalSeconds Then
MsgBox "The beta version has expired... please contact ____ for
an update version."
Quit
End If
Specifically about the source code, it should also be written in
the contract whether source code would be included or not. If it
is, then the client should expect to pay a premium for your services.
i did that once, too. i'm gonna start doing that all the time.
Websites and other design jobs are a little different in that the
final product *is* the source and final graphics.
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