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Who owns the workbench?

  • April 29, 2023
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jacklonsdale
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Hi all,

 

Not sure if this is even the place for this question, but this arose recently in my workplace and it would be good to get some thoughts.

 

I work in a consultancy, and use FME daily for spatial and non-spatial data analytics. Sometimes I create workbenches that are re-usable for different clients to achieve the same goal. My question is, when I am working for a client and develop a workbench on a project they are paying for, who owns that workbench? Is it me (the author), my company (who owns the FME licence), or the client (who is paying for the project)? It's worth stating that the contract we have with the client is only asking for outputs such as reports and visuals, and does not explicitly cover the workbench itself.

 

Any thoughts?

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hkingsbury
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Depends on your contract, some clients I work with the ownership is solely theirs, sometimes its joint, and sometimes its solely ours. There isn't one answer and it comes down to contractual obligations between you/your company and your client


david_r
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Depends on your contract, some clients I work with the ownership is solely theirs, sometimes its joint, and sometimes its solely ours. There isn't one answer and it comes down to contractual obligations between you/your company and your client

I've been working in consulting using FME and associated technologies since 2007 and couldn't have put it better.

To the OP, consider discussing this on a case-by-case basis with your (project) manager.