If the developer is an employee and the software being developed is outside the scope of the developer's job, a case could be made that the employee owns the coyright.


>You'll need to check with a computer law attorney in the Phillipines to determine what the law is there. Here in the United States, if the developer is an employee of the company, the company owns the copyright. If it is a work for hire, such as a consultant, then the consultant owns the copyright.
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>>With custom made applications who owns the copyright, the software developer or the entity who paid for such software to be developed. Is there any difference with general software applications and custom made ones with regards to who owns the copyright?