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Explaining my software license to customers/users

My software comes with the standard Apache 2.0 License which covers our bases pretty well while providing flexibility for us and our customers to use/modify the software to their needs. I have found ...
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Contract employee and IP in a not so related business

If I create an application for a client and I am employed as a contactor to the client by a contracting firm in a different capacity, who owns the copyright?
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What is the law covering the intellectual property rights of software developed during internship/employment without signed contract/agreement?

I am a software engineer who "invented", and developed alone an integrated ERP software solution over the past 2 years. I got the idea and coded much of the software as intern at small wholesale ...
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How do I protect myself contractually while providing software consulting services?

My partner and I are software developers. We have formed an LLC and are starting to take consulting gigs. We have spent most of our careers at larger companies and have never been involved with ...
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How to outsource a software development process?

We are having a good idea for a software product. Since its complexity surpasses the capacities for a one man army or perhaps of a small software team, it will be necessary to outsource software ...
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Overbudget and unable to complete software contract. What can I do and what can I expect to happen?

This might be a slightly long story, but I really would appreciate any help you can give me here. I am a young entrepreneur and currently run a struggling website development / software company. ...
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How much should we charge for an IT job?

The scenario We just got our very first medium/large size client. They are opening a new company which operates around a web application that will be entirely developed and maintained by us. We ...
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How to structure business relationship with a partner company/sales channel

We've recently started a service based software start-up. We've developed a relationship with a company that sells software licenses such that they market us as their "software development ...
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What should go in a contract for desktop software?

When I release my desktop application in a few months, I'm hoping that after some demos that I will get some interest in the product! The application is B2B and the software price will be $5000. ...
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What's the best way to structure software contracts for small projects?

What are the proper incentives, and workflow processes, for contract development?
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Joint Software Development Agreement – how to set up IP ownership?

I’ll be entering into a joint development software project with 2 other companies. I’m considering how best to deal with the intellectual property ownership. I suppose one company could be the ...
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what should be in a software license/terms of service/end user license agreement?

I suppose I should find a decent attorney for this, but I'd like to see if I can find some "free" resources first. My company is about to release a software product (actually bundled together with ...