From: "Tim Thorburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've done freelance web design for about 7 years now off and on. Just > recently I've found myself dealing with the worst clients in the history of > the world - ok, maybe not, but they've been pretty awful. > > After about a year of working together, the business relationship became so > bad that we decided to part ways. They have now found themselves a > beginner designer who whipped together a quick template site for them, but > would now like access to all my source code (PHP, Flash, MySQL, and a > little ASP) - without really giving any specific reasons. > > The site was hosted on a 3rd party shared server which the client had full > access to, up until the point they terminated the hosting contract - now > they're demanding the site on CD. > > As there is a very small web market in my area, I do not feel at all > comfortable about just handing someone my source code. I know in the > graphics realm, unless the contract specifically states that the original > source files will be provided - they are not given. > > Has anyone had to deal with a similar situation? Any thoughts or opinions?
Just my personal opinion, of course, but you wrote the code while working for the business, right? It would seem like the code belongs to the business then, unless the contract says something specific. What reason do you have for retaining the code, other than just not wanting to give it to them? You may not have parted in the best ways, but you keeping the code is hurting the business. What's the reason for it? I would say you both retain rights to the code. Provide them a copy and nothing else. They need to sort it out on their own. You'll still retain rights to it also to use on other projects, if you can. This would be the honorable thing to do, in my opinion. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
