cmcgee
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response 2 of 4:
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Aug 22 02:42 UTC 1998 |
Yes, licensing is a great way to protect your code. It keeps the copyright
in your hands, allows you to get royalties when they add a gazillion users,
and lets you be gracious about the situation you describe. I have some books
on licensing technology that you may want to look at.
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response 3 of 4:
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Aug 22 04:26 UTC 1998 |
Your contract *really* needs to spell out who owns copyright, limited
license rights, etc. on any code that you do for hire. Web programming
isn't everybody-uses-brand-M-Cobol-compiler routine, either - even if
some client pays you the top dollar "full copyright, nondisclosure, &
cherry on top" price for something, you need to retain copyright to the
standard techniques, routines, and other boiler plate that you re-use
on a regular basis. (Don't sell off you land, seed corn, header files,
or libraries.)
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keesan
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response 4 of 4:
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Sep 3 20:38 UTC 1998 |
I sold the same translation to two different agencies, who I expect were
working for different sides of a lawsuit, but explained what I was doing.
To the agency. The client found out because they had left out a page and I
had translated the missing page, assuming it was there. Then the first agency
called back and asked if I still had the translation because their client lost
it. I had the second copy of it, with the missing page. Nobody ever told
me who won the lawsuit.
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