Semi-Difficult Copyright Question

Any insight will be appreciated.

[projectchoochoo]

A client of mine gave me a contract (after I already started the site, and they love it so far), but a few things in the contract have me a little weary.

There's one part that basically says any product, content, etc utilized or developed by myself shall be clear of any and all licenses, charges and restrictions of use..

Does this mean I cant use products such as dreamweaver or flash?

[Syzygy]

My understanding is that they want to ensure any and all software used by you for the project is legitimate and licensed to you - that you will not be using dodgy/bootlegged/stolen/unlicensed versions that you've sourced from who knows where...

That's only my understanding, though.

Syzygy

[cziar]

Tricky to say without seeing the whole contract. But imho this could be reffering to:

a) that you are warranting that you have not copied content/ code etc,

b) that any copyright that you create in this work will be theirs to use subject to certain moral copyright laws.

[willjan]

"developed by myself" seems to be the key. I'd agree that my non-lawyer view is that they want the site free and clear and won't be hit by licensing fees in the future if they go to another web developer for modification.

I'm sure that their contract would also include holding you responsible if any unauthorized copyrighted work was incleded and they would not want that liability.

But, as always, have a lawyer look at any contract before signing. Figure that cost in to your cost of doing business when you give an estimate.

Willjan