I was looking at this again today and a thought occured which I couldn’t answer for myself.

I understand the section “Modification” but what happens if I have someone write a module for me that I can install/uninstall. That is not exactly modification of the Software, so assuming the deal with the programmer is that he assigns rights in the code to me, who then owns the IPR on the actual module itself?

As a stand alone module can I then resell it/assign rights to customers of mine who are EE license holders in their own right?

Take for example an idea that I build a site template and different customers buy EE licenses and then a template from me. They are allowed to have me modify their site but what happens if that modification is in code I have contracted another to develop for me?

As many of you code for others as a routine matter has this issue ever been resolved or does it all hinge on fair-play and benign tolerance?

Or as module writers do you get each module agreed with the company first?

What rights does the company have to appropriate “good ideas” and integrate them into future versions of the Software?

Thanks/Jules

Obviously not speaking for pMachine here, but: If you or somebody else programs a module, plugin, or aother addon or for EE, you or the programmer owns the rights in it, depending on the contract between the both of you. That obviously includes the right so sell it to other EE-licensees. Actually, there are a number of third party modules for sale out there. pMachine does not object to such third party developments, and I believe, would have no right to.

They obviously own the code they wrote, but not something that you wrote, although it is designed to work together with EE.

Please correct me if I’m wrong.

you or the programmer owns the rights in it

As long as it doesn’t borrow/contain any original EE code I believe.

Sorry, I seem to have been too quick here. I thought that went without saying

I thought that went without saying

It should but you never know ;-)