Plagiarism

[WageSlave]

Make one small typo and some smart arse thinks he's an Oxford don.

[hyperD]

Bugger, didn't see that.

hyperD in "stupidest poster of the year" mode.

[Lucifer Box]

look at the other posts on the board

Dundee, you have to realise irony is lost on the majority of people who hang around here.

From my point of view, that was the funniest post this year. And at least you can spell "plagiarism".

[Dundeegeorge]

Hint

look at the other posts on the board

[AtW]

Strange question from you dundee -- surely that would be outright theft!!!!

[hyperD]

I'm no legal eagle but if you are developing work for a client under a standard contract then the client owns the material outright. If you are developing the work under licence or agreement backed up by a suitable contract then you own the rights to this software (if specified in the contract) or you are supplying a specific "product" to the client or developing under licence. If you are using the clients hardware then this is harder to claim.

Under no circumstances should this third party copy your work and claim ownership. Inform the client or if the work is carried out by your company under licence then sue his company.

[Dundeegeorge]

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Serious question....

I've developed a solution for a client comprising a series of unique and innovate models (etc.). The client is suitably impressed with the work. So much so that a fellow contractor wants to copy the work and use it as his own material with other clients. Unfortunately there is no way that I can restrict access to this material.

Any useful suggestions? The world of public sector contracting is surprisingly small, and I'm worried about bumping into my own material at a future client (where someone else has already claimed the credit). Anyone else experience a similar problem?