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<br><div><div>On 24-Jan-08, at 9:00 AM, Kevin Amerson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><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 class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Or rather, after Client A, you submit it to Drupal.org with sponsorship from Client A.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Client B wants extra functionality. You add it, and Client A gets it "for free".</div><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. <br></blockquote></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>--</div><div>Boris Mann</div><div>Office 604-682-2889</div><div><a href="http://www.bryght.com">http://www.bryght.com</a></div><div>Jabber <a href="mailto:boris@bryght.com">boris@bryght.com</a></div><div>Skype borismann</div></span></span> </div><br></body></html>