> No, they give them up because that's _the entire point of hiring a freelancer_. Not really. My clients are paying for results, and part of those results incl

> No, they give them up because that's _the entire point of hiring a freelancer_. Not really. My clients are paying for results, and part of those results include a license to use the code I write forever. But I never give up the copyright. I frequently re-use techniques, libraries, modules, etc across clients, and in fact would be stupid not to.