Re: [NF] Selling software intellectual property.
At 10:21 2013-09-12, Graham Brown grah...@compsys.co.uk wrote: Hi all One of my customers has asked to buy out the rights to one of my products. Currently there is only the one company using this. Why does he want this? Maybe, he wants the rights so that his competition can not have it. Make him pay well for taking a potential market from you. Maybe, all he really needs is code escrow. Normally my projects do not include the source because previously another client took the source, developed his own application with my libraries and set up in competition with me. Cost me about £30k in lost business. What a sleaze. And it is expensive to sue. Previously when this happened I had one customer try to enforce no writing software for 8 years after the sale and another wanting 20% royalty on all derivative works which is basically everything and everybody. I told both of them where to go. Good. This new chap wants ownership of just the one product. The chap has said he will pay for this but I've no idea what to charge or what terms I should impose or accept. Charge more than a little. Just wondering how to deal with this I wish I had your problem. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ ** 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.
Re: [NF] Selling software intellectual property.
El 12/09/13 14:21, Graham Brown escribió: Hi all One of my customers has asked to buy out the rights to one of my products. Currently there is only the one company using this. Normally my projects do not include the source because previously another client took the source, developed his own application with my libraries and set up in competition with me. Cost me about £30k in lost business. Previously when this happened I had one customer try to enforce no writing software for 8 years after the sale and another wanting 20% royalty on all derivative works which is basically everything and everybody. I told both of them where to go. This new chap wants ownership of just the one product. The chap has said he will pay for this but I've no idea what to charge or what terms I should impose or accept. Just wondering how to deal with this Graham, this is capitalism. There is no intrinsic value to things. Just what you can get away with. So I would evaluate how much revenue I might loose from this sale. Then how much might I loose from competition from my customer. Add them up and that's a minimum, then I would charge over that as much as I thought I may get out of them. And be sure to add all the legalese bullshit about no implied guarantees and that you may also use the code for whatever you want, etc. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/52322347.7060...@gmail.com ** 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.
