This is becoming a common scenario and as someone has pointed out we need to hear both sides of the story. I have a case where I referred a developer to a big company to build a solution for them. He signed a contract and was receiving salary monthly. While working at the customer site, and using all the technology and info he got from the customer, he worked on a solution to their problem locked the solution with a password and started demanding more money and a renegotiation otherwise he wasn't going to give the password.

Having being pulled into this, I think developers need to be honest and understand that if you are paid by someone to develop some IP, that IP is not yours. Rushing to KECOBO to copyright it and blackmailing your employer will lead to lengthy court cases that you wouldn't win in the long run.

The best thing to do is to protect your IP prior to signing any agreement with anyone. Most probably you need to be accompanied by your lawyer and have witnesses. 

Erastus i dont know all the details about your case but wish you all the best. Used your case to point out something I come across quite often.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:42 PM, gisho via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

I have emails of the negotiation period and all the payments details. i worst comes i'll just give our the passwords. i have no issue with that.

On Feb 11, 2015 1:31 PM, "Laban Mwangi" <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Not even SMS or perhaps phone call logs showing that this was the negotiation phase, this was the part where they stopped paying and I started calling them repetitively? If worst comes to worst, don't go to jail. Give out the keys to the kingdom and work out a better solution that's cheaper or better that what your client is demanding.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:58 PM, gisho via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

nothing written prio to June 2014. It was just a gentleman agreement.

On Feb 11, 2015 12:38 PM, "Josphat Karanja" <karanjajf@gmail.com> wrote:
Gisho,

Do you mean there was no written agreement of whatever type?

Even an email...which with a good lawyer can show intent? Minutes of meeting?

Get as much documentation as possible to prove your contribution.

Besides "helping you out" this should be a good case for all skunks involved in projects.

Please keep us in the loop within the limits on law..court.

Regards
...........................................................
Josphat Karanja, PMP

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle


On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Patrick Kariuki via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdypxgHFwKg - You obviously "assumed".

Don't you wish you'd met Isaac or Jangita before shaking hands and grabbing a desk with the best view at CeVen? 

Read what Isaac and Jangita have written down carefully and spot the solution  to your dispute.  

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