Re: OWNING code

2009-03-23 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 19:34 +0900, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:52 PM, mn wrote: > > > > Hello, > > new on here and not a tech guy, wanted to know if a company or > > programmer who uses Django can claim they own the code? > > Firstly, IANAL, etc. > > There are at leas

Re: OWNING code

2009-03-23 Thread Mario
mn, Django Web Framework is an open source; however, the customized code developed for Django strictly belongs to the developer/organization. Let's put this in perspective. For example, a Java Programmers relies on Java to run their code. Although Java was developed by Sun Microsystems, the progr

Re: OWNING code

2009-03-23 Thread creecode
Hello mn, I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on T.V. Others have already answered about licenses and such. I'm wondering if your first question is about the custom code that the programmer produces for you to make your website function? Generally I think you'll find that you own the custom

Re: OWNING code

2009-03-23 Thread Tim Chase
> new on here and not a tech guy, wanted to know if a company or > programmer who uses Django can claim they own the code? Just out of curiosity, what are your reasons for wanting to OWN the code? Do you want to change it? Do you want to distribute it on your own terms? Do you want to asser

Re: OWNING code

2009-03-23 Thread Russell Keith-Magee
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:52 PM, mn wrote: > > Hello, > new on here and not a tech guy, wanted to know if a company or > programmer who uses Django can claim they own the code? Firstly, IANAL, etc. There are at least three blocks of code under discussion here. Firstly, there is the code that c

RE: OWNING code

2009-03-23 Thread mn
Hello, new on here and not a tech guy, wanted to know if a company or programmer who uses Django can claim they own the code? Also if I have my developer build my website using Django, do I own it or simply license the code? Please advise, thank you --~--~-~--~~~---~