Having expensive software written - How to make sure dev doesn't reuse?
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How is an agreement enforceable with a freelancer who is, say, in India or Ukraine?
Wtf is with you, didn't you read, or was that your big entry post to wickedfire!?
I guess its better then usual retardation, even tho you still did it in extremely retarded way!
Look here > Rules of WickedFire :: Read First
In other words, contract will do nothing at all, no matter if he's down the street or in India. God damn, some of you are super naive.
I guess its better then usual retardation, even tho you still did it in extremely retarded way!
Look here > Rules of WickedFire :: Read First
In other words, contract will do nothing at all, no matter if he's down the street or in India. God damn, some of you are super naive.
You could ask him and rely on his goodwill - otherwise there is no practical way for you to do this.
That's the price you pay for using cheap overseas developers.
In the US (or EU), you'd get a proper contract drawn up which gives you all of the intellectual property rights for the software. And you'd pay heavily for it.
When I was in the software dev biz, the best we'd give is an unlimited license, and agreement not to sell to competitors for X years. No way would you get codebase ownership unless because most dev houses will be using their own pre-rolled foundation classes, which they reuse in other projects.
That's the price you pay for using cheap overseas developers.
In the US (or EU), you'd get a proper contract drawn up which gives you all of the intellectual property rights for the software. And you'd pay heavily for it.
When I was in the software dev biz, the best we'd give is an unlimited license, and agreement not to sell to competitors for X years. No way would you get codebase ownership unless because most dev houses will be using their own pre-rolled foundation classes, which they reuse in other projects.
Agree with this one. If he is offshore, contracts are almost worthless. Build trust, get to know the freelancer, try to make sure that his word is worth more than a contract.
I have a freelance developer creating something for me and so far I have invested a few thousand $ in it. How can I tell him not to give the same product to someone else who posts a similar project?
In exchange, I offer some tits:
I wish I could unseen this...
that said, you need to use a reputable programmer... that's about the only advice I can give. The guys I usually use we make each other sign contracts, they came with a good recommendation, and I am confident that they haven't and won't reuse anything I've had them make.
I don't entirely agree with this. People in general are stupid and it may be enough to at least keep his programmer in check.