Hiya Greg!

Call me one of these days! Jeez!

>>Hi Sammy,
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>>Simply put - he owns it. He paid for the work and provided the information necessary for you to complete the application. If you had entered into this with an existing application that was simply customized, it'd be a different story.
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>>My advice is to take the smaller share but negotiate a written agreement as to your role, rights, and compensation for future sales.
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>I agreement with what John is suggesting. Try to make an agreement for maintanence and customization for these future clients.
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>>>My client, who is in the Building Constuction Industry, consulted me
>>>to develop a Bill Of Quantities System for system for him to use in his company.
>>>
>>>This was done to suit his particular needs and was done with a LOT of input from him in terms of ideas about the industry as well as all the features he would need.
>>>
>>>Now, after Completion of software and payment made. He proposed we sell it to other companies and that he should have a greater share, having the belief that he owns the software. I think otherwise.
>>>
>>>Now my big Question .Who owns the Software?
>>>NOTE: No aggreement was put in place to that effect since the initial idea was to develop a system for him to use in his company.
>>>
>>>Any Help?
>>>TIA
>>>