Hello, >>pain was involved ;). >Vladimir, >In the contract I just instituted contains the following: >CLIENT agrees that any computer programming techniques >(but NOT source code) learned by CONTRACTOR can be >utilized by CONTRACTOR on other non-CLIENT projects. Does it mean that I should reinvent the wheel each time when I'm going to another client? I think it's like applying to the shortsaying "There are many ways to skin a cat" ;)))) Actually, I do not understand it. If I've developed the class which is generous (not client's specific) then why I should reinvent it next time? At least, I see it as way to easily take the money off the client's pocket. I just took the look over my contract and saw that IDEAS are considered as service results, so, it mean that they would sue me if I will tell you even plain ideas. Silly me, but I had no choice... >I is understandable that source code can't be copied from >client to client, but KNOWLEDGE is impossible NOT to copy. Knowledge without implementation is like a funeral without the dead... Let imagine if you should use different techniques to get the fire each time when you want just smoke the cigarette. Ahem, great PITA... >you would have to relearn a programming language from >scratch every time a new project started. If I right understood you, every time when you secure new contract, you're going to redevelop your code? In this case, frameworks are just unusable things. Something is wrong in this world ;)