[AccessD] OT: Abducted by Aliens Scenario

Jennifer Gross jengross at gte.net
Thu Jun 19 12:17:49 CDT 2008


Good Morning Everyone,

For all of my clients I am their single point of contact for MS Access
database development, modifications, complex queries, etc.  I suspect that a
lot of you are as well.  I am interested to know what contractual and
physical processes as emergency steps that you have in place to provide a
modicum of continuity to the client should you be abducted by aliens or hit
by a bus and no longer able to fulfill your role for your clients.  

How are you handling intellectual property issues?  Do you install MDB or
MDE to protect your copyright?  In my thinking, if I were to suddenly go to
the great beyond my children should inherit my copyrights as some of the
systems that are single installs for my clients have the potentiality of
being marketable software packages.  In addition, each stand alone system
has intellectual property value in and of itself.  My newer contracts
specify that I am only providing a license to the client to run the code.
Older contracts are silent on this issue, which I have learned through legal
battle means that I own the copyright.  Also, aside from the copyright
issues do you provide your clients with a list of individuals who could step
in if you are out of commission, a means to access backup files, developer
password information and any other issues that you have considered should
aliens carry you off in the night.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts,

Jennifer





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