On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Phil Pennock <lopsa-discuss+p...@spodhuis.org> wrote: > Contracts can be verbal. *Enforcing* verbal contracts is difficult, > which is why we use written contracts, but just because it wasn't > written down doesn't mean it did not exist. > > Check dictionary.law.com for "oral contract". > http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1407 > > He believed that he would be separately paid for work outside the duties > for which he was routinely paid and had a verbal contract to that > effect. Until paid, the work was his and it sounds like he acted in > good faith. This is not comparable to your example, of the person who > changed copyrights to claim ownership of something which he did not > develop. > > The lesson here is in the value of *written* contracts. > > -Phil
Nowhere in this discussion has it been said that there was an initial verbal agreement of any kind to get paid for the work. The only mention of payment was as part of doing updates. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
