ip-contracts

Should I charge my client extra for the source code?

I am developing a web application for a customer. We have agreed to a fee and now the customer wants me to hand over the source code as well because he thought that the initial fee covered him buying the source code from me as well as the app. What I am asking is: do you think that I should give the code to my client without asking for...

Mutually beneficial IP/copyright clauses for contract-based freelance work

I have a copyright section in the contract I give to my clients stating that I retain copyright on any works produced during my work for them as an independent contractor. This is most definitely not intended to place arbitrary restrictions on my clients, but rather to maintain my ability to decide on how the software I create is license...