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I don't see what corruption has to do with it. I'm a subcontractor and usually the contractual terms are dictated by my clients. If I get the chance however, I

by bartvk 4y ago

I don't see what corruption has to do with it. I'm a subcontractor and usually the contractual terms are dictated by my clients. If I get the chance however, I put forth my terms and these say that I'm the author of the code and thus the copyright holder.

HideousKojima 4y ago
When I've done freelance work and have been able to write the contract, I include a clause that the client receives "a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, and distribute the work and such derivative works, and to sublicense any or all of the foregoing rights to third parties," effectively giving them unlimited rights to use my code how they please while still retaining my own copyright.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Would that let them GPL or even MIT the code? It would seem so.
  - HideousKojima 4y ago
    Indeed it would, I borrowed the phrasing from Microsoft's contributor license agreement.
  - Mohammatnur 4y ago
    Oh
- slaymaker1907 4y ago
  It's a good idea so you don't need to worry about accidentally copying some code from one project to another. If you weren't the owner, they could theoretically come after you for copyright violation.
- mordae 4y ago
  This. I always make sure both sides share in the full rights to the work. Regardless of whether I am the one doing the programming or the one paying for it. Public sector usually makes up the rules for itself and then upholds them in the software. Very little public sector software could be resold in the private sector without significant investment into making it more general, usually to the detriment of the product. The "multiple clients => lower price" thus holds no water, because it's always just different branches of government and the usual way it ends up is that after 10 years or so the product is still used in one place only and the original programmers long left the company. And public still pays for a yearly license.

by bartvk 4y ago

HideousKojima 4y ago

When I've done freelance work and have been able to write the contract, I include a clause that the client receives "a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, and distribute the work and such derivative works, and to sublicense any or all of the foregoing rights to third parties," effectively giving them unlimited rights to use my code how they please while still retaining my own copyright.

bombcar 4y ago
Would that let them GPL or even MIT the code? It would seem so.
- HideousKojima 4y ago
  Indeed it would, I borrowed the phrasing from Microsoft's contributor license agreement.
- Mohammatnur 4y ago
  Oh
slaymaker1907 4y ago
It's a good idea so you don't need to worry about accidentally copying some code from one project to another. If you weren't the owner, they could theoretically come after you for copyright violation.
mordae 4y ago
This. I always make sure both sides share in the full rights to the work. Regardless of whether I am the one doing the programming or the one paying for it. Public sector usually makes up the rules for itself and then upholds them in the software. Very little public sector software could be resold in the private sector without significant investment into making it more general, usually to the detriment of the product. The "multiple clients => lower price" thus holds no water, because it's always just different branches of government and the usual way it ends up is that after 10 years or so the product is still used in one place only and the original programmers long left the company. And public still pays for a yearly license.