This might be obsolete by now? I'm trying to work my way through the last few weeks e-mail... ;-)
The ZPL seems to be a very simple, non-copyleft, license that does not require you to provide source code for any modifications that you make. So, unless companies A and B have regulated this issue in their contract (which I would have advised them to do ;-) ), I would say that Company A owns the copyrights to whatever they have developed and can license them to Company B on arbitrary terms.
/Kalle
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 01:58:56PM +0100, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
Hello all!
Sorry for writing in English but it is much better than my Swedish.
I have some questions regarding the Zope license[1] which is GPL compatible.
Company A uses a Zope Application Server to serve web pages and an administrative interface to those web pages. Company B hires Company A to build a web shop. Company B signs contract stipulating that they own the data form the database, user interface elements, and design of the web shop which is built in Zope. Company B wants to develop the web shop in house after the contract runs out with Company A.
Does Company B have the right to the source code? Or is it legal for Company A to claim that the source code, which is mostly Zope methods and Zope DTML, has to be purchased?
Thanks for your expert opinions.
Jeremiah Foster
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