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Re:Ask HN: Should I sell my software to my employer? by kjaftaedi on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @11:36PM (#29733650)
Software always needs to be updated.

Who do they plan to take over that job? What agreement will you have in place for future updates?

A better option would be to license the software to them.

You could even sell them a lifetime license to the software,and give them the code and allow them to modify it but not re-sell it.

This should allow them to do anything they want with or without you, but you still retain ownership rights to the software.

Then you charge a yearly maintenance fee to keep the product up to date and patched. Software improvement projects are scoped and charged separately.

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