[consulting] copyright policies

[David Norman]

Robert Garrigós Castro wrote:
> I'm having a bit of an issue with a new employer on the copyright of the 
> code I will write for them and I wonder what copyright policies other 
> freelance drupal developers have.
> 
> I tend to ask to keep authorship of the code and have my name into the 
> code as the author, although I yield all other rights to the employer. 
> Is this a normal procedure for anybody else? Are you having similar 
> conflicts with the businesses hiring you as developers and their 
> copyright policies?

Before I start a contract, I ask if the code I write will be private and 
proprietary to the organization (therefore not mine) or if it may be 
released to the public on drupal.org (GPL). If you want to sway them 
towards GPL, point out the community can take over maintenance and 
upgrades to later versions of Drupal for free in many cases. That 
usually creates the right frame of mind as to not have any confusion on 
either side.