Thanks Craig.

I found these two articles that support this

http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/ownership.html#works
http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/daniels_softwarecopyright.html





>Under copyright law, if this is a work for hire (it sounds like it from what you said), you own all the copyrights until you sign them over at the END of the project. You can sign anything you want for current or future work, but it does not give your customer rights until they're signed over at the end.
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>** Note that I am not an attorney, nor do I play one on TV. This is my understanding of software copyrights after discussions with an IP attorney **
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>>For the past few months I have been doing contract work on a project by project basis for a local company. All is going well and we have a good working relationship.
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>>I just got a call from them asking about ownership of the code for these projects, and asking me to sign an agreement stating that they own the code. I have no problem with this.
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>>Should this be something that we both sign on a project by project basis, or could one agreement cover all work I do for them?
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>>oes anyone have a boilerplate Software License Agreement that I could look at?
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>>Thanks