Re: Question: G-code and copyright

Jon Anderson <janders1957@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:z_Gdnf65VdaChezeRVn-qw@xxxxxxxxxxx:

> Have a situation coming up I need some advice on. I have a customer
> that is an excellent technician but not a machinist. I make his
> fixtures and write his programs. He's being offered a buyout and came
> to me with a couple questions. Since I designed the fixtures and
> solely retain all CAD files, I expressed the opinion I hold copyright
> on them, and this company needs to talk to me if they want said CAD
> files. Correct??
>
> Big question is, who owns copyright on the g-code?

I agree with one of the other posters, if you were paid hourly to
program, he retains the rights to that program, as you were a contract
hourly employee. Same for the design, or if you charged a design fee,
then your customer would retain rights. If you were paid to supply a
'fixture and programming' for a specific part as a one-shot, bid job,
you retain the rights to the design and programming, provided there was
no rights clause in the contract/quote/PO.

That said, it would be a really good idea to put a clause in your quotes
from here forward that specifically assigns the rights to the design and
programming. These are negotiable. As for us, we always specify that we
retain rights to the design and programming and the cad files/master
programs are required to be delivered at the same time as the rest of
what we paid for, but we pay for the design/engineering as a separate
line item.

--
Anthony

You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make
better idiots.

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