Software security has been an industry concern for years.
Initially, these were many questions, for instance,
who owns custom-made software ?
Is the owner the person who wrote the program or the company for which the author wrote the program ?
What is to prevent a programmer from taking copies of programs from one job to another ?
The answers to these questions are well established. If the author of the software-the programmer is an employee of an organization, the software belongs to the organization, not the programmer.
The programmer may not take the software belongs to the organization, not programmer. The programmer may not take the software along to the next job. If the programmer is a consultant, however, the ownership of the software produced should be spelled out specifically in the contract.
Initially, these were many questions, for instance,
who owns custom-made software ?
Is the owner the person who wrote the program or the company for which the author wrote the program ?
What is to prevent a programmer from taking copies of programs from one job to another ?
The answers to these questions are well established. If the author of the software-the programmer is an employee of an organization, the software belongs to the organization, not the programmer.
The programmer may not take the software belongs to the organization, not programmer. The programmer may not take the software along to the next job. If the programmer is a consultant, however, the ownership of the software produced should be spelled out specifically in the contract.
