Yes that's a good point Boris, saying that something is GPL and available for the public is quite different than actually following that and making it publicly available. I hope that the latter is the case here.<br><br>
Kevin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 24, 2008 12:35 PM, Boris Mann <<a href="mailto:boris@bryght.com">boris@bryght.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br><div><div class="Ih2E3d"><div>On 24-Jan-08, at 9:00 AM, Kevin Amerson wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">Does the non-compete cover this scenario?<br><br>Client A pays you for a solution to problem A that directly ties to their business. You retain the ability to reuse the code as you stated.
<br><br>Client B is a direct competitor to Client A and comes to you for a solution to the same problem. <br><br>You gladly hand them the same code tailored to them.</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Or rather, after Client A, you submit it to
<a href="http://Drupal.org" target="_blank">Drupal.org</a> with sponsorship from Client A.</div><div><br></div><div>Client B wants extra functionality. You add it, and Client A gets it "for free".</div><div class="Ih2E3d">
<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Who is competing with who? In essence, Client A just paid to help out their competitor, Client B.<br><br>I was a consultant for over 4 years and never under any circumstances would we be allowed to reuse a solution built for one client for another client. We were expensive, however, the client kept everything always.
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