>>...If I pay somebody to build me a house, I own the house.
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>Yes, but you don't own the blueprints, i.e. the right to copy the plans and make and sell an identical home to someone else.

Not so. If I have a house built, I would have had to pay an architect to create the blueprints. I was very careful in how I couched my response here. I am not talking about buy a house "off the rack".

If you are an independent contractor - and you write an app for somebody - the client owns the code - unless you specifically have an agreement in writing that states other wise. This is the whole basis of what Work Product is. To do anything else, is unethical IMHO.


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>>Going forward - I would suggest you get some sort of formal agreement in place.
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>Agreed, this is absolutely the best policy.

It's the only policy....