[thelist] Copyright best practices for redesigns
Luther, Ron
ron.luther at hp.com
Wed Jul 16 13:56:31 CDT 2003
Hi Gang,
Interesting discussion!
But it leaves me with a question or two (particularly since the 'redesign'
aspect of the topic line seems to have been overlooked):
<set up /> Let's say that .joe builds a very nice site for company 'x'.
A Cold Fusion site that degrades gracefully and incorporates an elegant
use of JavaScript.
Some time later, company 'x' hires JohnL. to completely re-do the site.
JohnL. uses a proprietary report generator and a completely different
server-side solution -- in short, a complete make-over from the technical
side ... but, in the course of that make-over notices the elegant external
JS file and the nice functions therein ... and decides to keep those
intact (in full or in part).
Q1: That strikes me as "okay". But is it really? Or does it open JohnL.
and/or company 'x' to some liability issues from disaffected .joe?
Q2: JohnL. likes that JS file sooooo much, he starts using it for other
customer sites. This strikes me as "not okay". But is it? Or is it a
'knowledge gained on-the-job' kind of thing?
Curious,
RonL.
(Who's really not interested in adding 30k of 'credits' to everything
he builds just because he may have gleamed an idea or a few lines of
code here and there.)
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