The best legal source for copyright in the US, is the US Copyright
Office at:
http://copyright.gov/
Copyright defaults to the author unless it is stated such as in a
contract. If your contract has "work for hire" then you do not own the
copyright, the company or person who hires you does.
In any case, it is best to make this clear to any client so they act
accordingly. If the client feels, they must own the copyright to the
source code than that's up to you to determine what that may be worth
to you. Perhaps you want more money for doing so, or you can offer a
non-exclusive license to the source code if you feel it is something
you want to reuse. I believe it is a bad business practice to not
discuss this aspect and it should be made clear in a contract who owns
the copyright and if there is an exclusive or non-exclusive license.
David Roth
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