aleyan, If you hire a programmer to do some work for you, that programmer will own the copyright to what he/she wrote. That is why it is a good idea to stipulat

aleyan, If you hire a programmer to do some work for you, that programmer will own the copyright to what he/she wrote. That is why it is a good idea to stipulate in a contract that the work will be done as "work for hire" so you own the copyright. The default is the writer owns the copyright.