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DRHuff22-Oct-22 20:17
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honey the codewitch22-Oct-22 20:42
mvahoney the codewitch22-Oct-22 20:42 
Sorry, I forgot to answer your question.

I only ever sell my implementations, as I am an independent contractor and I provide deliverables for money.

The exception is consulting, where I will provide an idea, and that's basically work product due to the nature of what I'm doing.

But as an independent contractor I can't afford to sell the rights to my software *ideas* usually, because I need an idea bank to draw from for future contracts in order to stay productive. I've always done it that way. Software contracts are basically piecework as far as I'm concerned.

But I don't want to charge for stuff that isn't specific to the job.

So what I typically do is I open source the idea, don't charge for it, and then charge for adapting it to the work.

I am pretty sure that is copacetic IP-wise, and my clients all know how I operate. They tend to be appreciative of this approach actually, because it means they pay less, and they get to draw on all of my previous open source.

It's one of the reasons I produce so much content here.

I hope that answers your question.
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