>Anybody that uses your software should be your customer. Large players use that Policy. If the company wants to suggest to the end users that they get your program - thats okay - but make sure they are your customers when it comes to your assets and any agreements regarding the use of your assets.
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>I have written apps that use a commercial database. At distribution time, each of my users had to [also] enter into an agreement (seperate from mine) with the data vendor.
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>Don't let anybody try to turn your customers into theirs!!!:-) Customers , not technology, are your source of value!

Terry,

If you read the question, you will see that in this case, its the other way around.
They want to give the product to their own customers!

Your advise is correct anyway, the end user should know who give the support and who have developped the product :)

My 2 cents :-)

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>>Good morning UTarians,
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>>Let's say you have a small vertical market app that a bunch of customers have bought (more names than you can remember, but you're not rich yet ;-).
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>>Now someone comes along and says "I'd like to buy a site license for x000 users." Essentially they propose to give the software to all their customers as a "value-added feature" of their service.
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>>How do you determine the price?
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>>Tnx,