Hello, I wrote a program for a local company a couple of years ago and now they want the Source Code. Is there a standard way of determining the value of Source Code? If you know of a web site or reference I can go to, I would sure appreciate it. Thanks, Chuck
Wow! This is a complicated question. Source code is not source code. You have always to understand that you can't count the lines - for example - and estimate the price upon the line count. But other ways don't work properly too. You should try to remember how long it took you to make the code, check if you find similar code around and understand how much innovation your code delivers. Then you can start to think about a price... Christian "Charles A. Lackman" wrote in message news:%23cV8qJAUIHA.5524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hello, > > I wrote a program for a local company a couple of years ago and now they > want the Source Code. Is there a standard way of determining the value of > Source Code? If you know of a web site or reference I can go to, I would > sure appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Chuck > >
"Charles A. Lackman" 's wild thoughts were released on Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:19:08 -0800 bearing the following fruit: >Hello, > >I wrote a program for a local company a couple of years ago and now they >want the Source Code. Is there a standard way of determining the value of >Source Code? If you know of a web site or reference I can go to, I would >sure appreciate it. I agree with the other poster, there is no 'rule' you can apply. You simply have to determine what its worth to you. Why not ask them what sort of figure they were looking at paying (it might be a lot more than you were planning to charge) -- Jan Hyde https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde
Also, I don't know what the law may be where you are based but in the UK, the question may be about Intellectual Property Rights rather than source code. Often we will provide access to the source code but will retain the IPR. This means that we still own the code but the client has it so that they have the comfort that should our company close down or becone unable to support the application then they can take this on. However, because we own the IPR, the client cannot sell or redistribute the code. They also cannot use it unless we become unable to support it. This is an important consideration as technically if the client owns the IPR, you may be unable to reuse any of the code in future projects or re-sell the application. -- BlackWasp www.blackwasp.co.uk "Charles A. Lackman" wrote in message news:%23cV8qJAUIHA.5524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hello, > > I wrote a program for a local company a couple of years ago and now they > want the Source Code. Is there a standard way of determining the value of > Source Code? If you know of a web site or reference I can go to, I would > sure appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Chuck > >
