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Chapter 15, Problem 15.10E
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Right to use the code:
If the customer pays a software contractor so as to develop a system, the customer will have all the rights to reuse the developed code.
Right of software contractor:
The contractor is paid for the product that he/she has developed. He/she does not have the right to use the code as a basis for a generic component but he can obtain the rights from the customer who owns it...
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