September 2nd, 2010, 05:35 AM
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Branding
Hi All,
I have designed and developed an admin panel and my client wants to use sell it under his brand. What are the issues involved?
Regards,
Ranjan
September 3rd, 2010, 01:55 AM
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Biggest issue... Do you mean that you client wants to USE it or SELL it? You mention both, so I'm not sure which one is right.
If your client wants to use it for their own internal purposes with their branding, that should be easy. Just re-skin it, and give it back to them.
If they want to on-sell it to others with their branding, charge them either a flat fee for the software, take a percentage of each sale that they make as commission, or work on a mixture of the two.
As long as the software is something that you have developed 100%, then what you do with it, and how you sell it, is completely up to you. The only word of caution is to check the licensing of any code that you have uses in your software that has come from any other source. Most open soure licenses are pretty good with this, but there's also a lot that require anything from a notice in the source code of the copyright owner, to you paying royalties for the sales, to just flat out not allowing you to resell their code.
September 4th, 2010, 02:04 AM
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What language is the code in? One of the troubles with re-selling 4GL apps is that they're interpreted during run-time, and aren't compiled, meaning there's nothing stopping your client from simply stealing your code and pawning it off as their own.
There are compilers and obfuscators for 4GL langauges (eg, PHP, Perl, Ruby, etc). In that manner, you would sell licenses for your software to your client, who would in turn mark up the price and sell them to their customers.
Just a thought...
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September 17th, 2010, 07:33 AM
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Considering that the OP hasn't been back after what.. 2 weeks of asking this question, I get the feeling that they aren't quite as serious about this as they should be.
Most people would do the right thing and consult a laywer for a question that is this inherantly legal. Others just come on the net...
December 16th, 2010, 09:37 PM
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Just include in a agreement that he knows he reselling your services and not buying your business.
January 27th, 2011, 10:32 AM
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And just as food for thought, ASP.NET applications can be compiled into DLLs with no visible code. Always nice...
Discontent is the first necessity of progress. - Edison
January 27th, 2011, 11:37 AM
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PHP also has compiler options, and runs on more than just Windows.
January 27th, 2011, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by drgroove
PHP also has compiler options, and runs on more than just Windows.
Learned something new today... I used to be a PHP guy, but many years ago, before OOP came around. That's why I switched.
Discontent is the first necessity of progress. - Edison
January 27th, 2011, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by mateoc15
Learned something new today... I used to be a PHP guy, but many years ago, before OOP came around. That's why I switched.
I was just giving you sh*t
Thanks for being a good sport.
Yeah, PHP5 is all OOP; you can implement any of the Gang of Four Design Patterns, plus PHP can do things that stricter languages (eg, Java) just can't reproduce. And, of course, PHP runs on all of the major OSes, databases, etc...
January 28th, 2011, 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by drgroove
There are compilers and obfuscators for 4GL langauges (eg, PHP, Perl, Ruby, etc). In that manner, you would sell licenses for your software to your client, who would in turn mark up the price and sell them to their customers.
First sorry for turning back so late. and then thanks all for your responses.
Thanks drgroove for your valuable comments...can you please name some of the compilers and obfuscators that can be used...also which one is best and why it is best and is there any free out of these? I code in PHP.
Thanks for your help.
Best Regards,
Ranjan
Last edited by ranjangoyal; January 28th, 2011 at 03:27 AM.
January 28th, 2011, 05:11 PM
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Honestly, I've never used any PHP compilers. I've read about them, but never had need to use one thusfar. Looks like there's one at phpcompiler.org; I also recall Zend, the company that publishes the PHP engine, offering one for sale.
January 28th, 2011, 06:41 PM
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I tried Zend's some years ago, but it's not free. I don't know of any freebies that can compile php to non-viewable code. I think there are some "obfuscators" but afaik they won't protect against other than casual viewers of the code.
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January 28th, 2011, 07:09 PM
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Looks like this one is free. http://phpcompiler.org/
January 28th, 2011, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by drgroove
Looks like this one is free. http://phpcompiler.org/
Thanks drgroove. I will try soon and will be back with any of the developments.
Thanks,
Ranjan
January 28th, 2011, 10:23 PM
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