>...I'm about to enter into an agreement with a company to allow them to be the exclusive reseller of an application I ....
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>Read some of the recents threads on Intellectual Property (IP) and get a lawyer to ensure that your ownership rights are understood by all. The reseller I used for three years decided to de-compile my EXE's and sell them as his own. While I am suing and should win easily, it is still a drain on time and money, something most of us would rather not waste.
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>Having said all that, getting a good reseller and motivating them by ensuring they can make a good bit of money is still an attractive option.
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>Kevin


Thanks Kevin. My lawyer took one look at the agreement submitted to me and told me, in effect, that the agreement wasn't even worthy of the name 'toilet paper.' I'll pass the recommendation about ensuring the ownership rights understanding on to him.
This also makes me hope that the encrypted compiling of the executable cannot be de-compiled....