RE: FN-FORUM Charging for Object Oriented Code

date posted 9th April 2001 16:27

I think it's always best to sell a license for software if possible rather
than developing source which the client then owns. If this can be done with
components then it makes it very easy to build applications quickly and then
tailor them as required. You have to be careful that you don't fall into a
trap with the contract stating that all source code belongs to the client.
This would effectively hand ownership of your treasured components to the
client and prevent you from using the source in future projects.

If the client won't go for a license, you can always supply the components
in compiled form and let them have the source for everything else. As long
as you sell the overall cost savings from using your pre-developed source
then they shouldn't complain.

I always work with components because I do mainly client-server and Intranet
stuff but it's a real pain for internet development unless you are hosting
the web yourself.

I'm not sure, but I think ASP.Net will allow you to develop secure
components that don't need to be installed as COM objects on the server and
nobody can get at your code. Anyone know any more about this?

Cheers,

Pete

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