Code protection against freelancer - page 2

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The only laws that matter are the ones that are in the country of the server and physical hardware, where the code was uploaded to;

The ONLY exception to this rule is when the (signed) agreement is very specific about who owns what and what rights belong to which side.

And agreements that can be considered as "standard", such as Freelance agreements, will NOT be held up in any court of the major countries, unless the agreement between coder and other, is PROVEN, to be customised and signed by both parties.

 

Just a couple of observations:

First, the title of this thread "Code protection against freelancer" suggests freelancers are (i) inherently untrustworthy group, (ii) need to be guarded against. A more neutral/friendly framing would serve better for collaboration and trust.

Second, since the MQL5's Terms don’t seem to explicitly address this issue, it might be time to wrap up the discussion and bring it to MQL5's attention.

Without clear "top-down" regulation/procedure there will always be:
  • room for wrongdoing (and for topics like this one)
  • both freelancers and clients navigating these concerns independently
  • frequent lack of satisfaction on both ends.
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