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Subject:Re: Give Clients Softcopy? From:Kris Olberg <kjolberg -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:24:48 -0800
At 10:20 AM 11/13/96 -0500, you wrote:
>The writers at our software company sometimes are asked to write custom=20
>documentation for our clients. The vice-president in charge of custom=20
>projects wants to provide clients with the softcopy source files.
You may not have a choice if the client requests them. This isn't a question of whether you want or don't want to supply them. It's a legal question. Who is paying for the creation of the files? Who owns them? My advice is to talk with legal counsel.
Regards...Kris
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