Re:This is an Ask Slashdot FAQ (Score 2, Informative)

Hey Bruce (and everyone else), Thanks for the reply! In this particular situtaion we enterered into a very informal agreement (largely verbal) in an effort to expedite the start of development (and appease aq crunched development timeline). As a result there was no contract that made specific reference to ownership of the deliverable. In retrospect this would have been a worthwhile use of time! So all things being equal. If Party A agrees to pay party B for development of new/unique code - without any mention of ultimate ownership/copyright/license - to whom does the code belong by default? -cdanzig