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How much of your source code do you release?
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11/08/2000 16:35:49
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Contracts, agreements and general business
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How much of your source code do you release?
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Just out of curiousity, those of you who are independant contractors and developers; how much of your source code do you normally give over to clients? Most people (prospective clients) I've talked to want rights to the code, which is understandable. But how do you protect your class libraries and other custom methods? If they "own" the source code as "work for hire", custom class libraries need to be turned over in addition to forms and .prg's, right? Otherwise they can't modify the application in the future.

If a client hires you to develop an app, and then gets someone else to help out or build a different part, what's to keep the other developer from copying your stuff? Or is that just a part of the business?


- Brian


VFP6 SP5, VFP8 SP1, VFP 9 SP 1 and Win XP SP 3 (unless otherwise specified)


www.wulfsden.com
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