I have a shareware program that I am selling and a potential buyer wants to
use it as a model for his own in-house system he is developing.  He is
suggesting that I shoiuld sell him a license to use my program,a nd also
give him permission to use the look, flow and funtionality of it in his own
system as well, for no extra charge.  He is in a US State Government
organisation.  Have others had dealing like this?  Any comments or
suggestions on how I can protect my interests and make the potential buyer
happy as well?  What are the potential pitfalls here?

Graham Daniell

--
=================================================================
See our web pages below for more information, software
and services
+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*++*+*+*+*+*++*+*+*+*+*++*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
Phonelist for Windows  | http://www.*-*-*.com/ ~gdaniell/phonelist
PC 2000                | http://www.*-*-*.com/ ~gdaniell/pc2000
ABC Internet Wizards   | http://www.*-*-*.com/ ~gdaniell/abcwiz
PC Tune-Up             | http://www.*-*-*.com/ ~gdaniell/pctune
=================================================================

To avoid an extra charge, simply total up all fees ;-)

An old rule of thumb says, that a good programmer writes 10 lines of
source code per hour, including design and debugging. This may give you an
idea about the value of your program. Based on this, and a good hourly
wage, you can offer your source code, with the license to use and modify
it. If you want to continue to develop that program, you can reduce the
price, and instead reserve you this right.

DoDi

You could offer to take what you have and modify it for him, but for a
price.  You worked hard I'm sure to get to the point where you are
with it - don't be too willing to "give" it away.