[thelist] Client asked for original files.....

Judah McAuley judah at wiredotter.com
Thu Feb 21 11:03:00 CST 2002


dan donaldson wrote:
>
> On Thursday, February 21, 2002, at 11:00  AM, Matt Wenham wrote:
>
>> Try being a contract programmer and not handing over source code...
>> which is effectively what you're doing by retaining the FLAs. Just
>> wouldn't happen.
>
>
> That's the case when you work for another organization, and will say so
> in the contract you sign. But if you're a third party business, creating
> work as an independent company for multiple clients, it's a different
> situation.
>
> dan
>

I disagree. When working as a developer, I always make sure that the
client gets a copy of the code (if they want it) regardless of whether
I'm a contractor or working for a company.  The code is necessary to
keep things working correctly if the business relationship ends.  I feel
that its very important to make sure, up front, that the client knows
that they are going to get a solution that will not only work for them
now, but will also be sustainable if the business relationship ends.

To that end, I also always make sure that I get PSD's with a font list
for every design I get from designers.  If the business relationship
sours, then I still need to be able to change text on navigation bars,
re-cut a fixed-width design so that its fluid, etc.

My $.02

Judah




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