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Subject:ownership rights From:Lori Wiens <lwiens -at- JPS -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 11 May 1999 11:06:06 -0500
Consultants and Contractors:
Do you generally retain ownership/copyrights to your help systems (or other
documentation), or sign these over to the client? Do you provide just the
output help files, or all the project files? Know of any good resources on
handling these issues for tech. writers?