[BNM] Interlectual Property rights

[Julian Blundell]

OK thanks Andy and Tom, the mists are beginning to clear.

Fortunately the way I coded it makes a very clear distinction between the
project libaries and my libraries, different directories etc.

So probably something along the lines of they have IP rights on the
libraries specifically written for the project and any project specific
modifications made to the general libraries other than bug fixes.

How does that sound?

Jules

On 23/03/07, Tom Dussek (Hotmail) <tomdussek at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Are you able to define components that have been directly developed for
> your client, and specify that these will be transferred whereas
> components not developed specifically for them will not? After all, you
> pay a mechanic for the work on your car, but you don't get to keep his
> tools as well.
>
> Tom Dussek
>
>
> Andy Gale wrote:
> >> Anyone know about the implications of this, escpecially on some of my
> >> libraries which are going to be in an open source project?
> >
> > It really does depend what you agreed at the start of the project. What
> do
> > your terms and conditions say? Do they say all the IP of all code will
> be
> > transferred to client?
> >
> > If you do transfer the IP for your libraries they obviously can't be in
> the
> > open source project.
> >
> > I would tell them that some of the components of the work such as PHP,
> the
> > PHP libraries and your libraries that were not written specifically for
> the
> > project are open source and because of this you are unable to transfer
> the
> > IP from them, but you will of course be happy to transfer the IP for all
> > other components.
> >
> > I'd imagine the client is only trying to ensure that you do not sell an
> > exact copy of the site they paid for to one of their competitors. As
> long as
> > you reassure them that the portions of the site you cannot transfer the
> IP
> > for are not significant to the functionality you developed for them,
> they
> > should accept that.
> >
> > If you don't have T&Cs, learn from this and ensure the terms of business
> are
> > clearly defined before you undertake your next project.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
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