Website Software Licensing Agreement

[silverlight1]

Hi All,

I have a sideline developing websites

As part of a contract with a client I own the Intellectual Property to the website I designed and developed - both parties agreed and signed this document.

I need to further reinforce the ownership of the IP in the website and need simple a software license agreement that :

- Reinforces my ownership of the IP in the site
- Formalises the annual payment of a "software license fee" and support and maintenance fee for the website
- Allows the client to use the website but not sell on or transfer the website to a third party

Just wondering if anyone else has used such an agreement and can provide me with some legalese

The sums involved don't really warrant paying a lawyer for this

Thanks as always

[jmo21]

What do the client currently have rights to in the existing contract? Why would the IP need to be "reinforced"? Presumably it is a generic site that could be sold to other clients?

Keeping the support and maintenance side of things separate for now, did they know there would be a yearly license fee? Why wasn't it included in the original contract?

Sounds messy.

[WTFH]

What IP do you claim to actually own?
Images, logos, text, platform the site is built on?
Or is there some functionality that you have built into the site that is unique?

If you are hosting (or paying for the hosting) the site, and the domain is registered in your name, then there is your income stream.
Your other stream is to offer an annual support contract.

But unless there is something absolutely unique, I don't see what the IP could be.

[courtg9000]

First draft out exactly what you need in plain english (all clauses etc). Absolutely everything.
Then let chatGPT take over and draft your agreement.
Do it a clause at a time and make sure that your propmpt you remind chatgpt to absolutely use His Majesty the King's english and grammar and not American English

[silverlight1]

First draft out exactly what you need in plain english (all clauses etc). Absolutely everything.
Then let chatGPT take over and draft your agreement.
Do it a clause at a time and make sure that your propmpt you remind chatgpt to absolutely use His Majesty the King's english and grammar and not American English

Thanks good idea

[silverlight1]

What IP do you claim to actually own?
Images, logos, text, platform the site is built on?
Or is there some functionality that you have built into the site that is unique?

If you are hosting (or paying for the hosting) the site, and the domain is registered in your name, then there is your income stream.
Your other stream is to offer an annual support contract.

But unless there is something absolutely unique, I don't see what the IP could be.

You do know that under copyright law if you author something unique you generally own the IP