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alain94040 on Aug 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Open-sourcing A 200+ Hour Project - The Story Behi...

"The transfer of exclusive rights is not valid unless that transfer is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed" [1]

Therefore, if no papers were signed, then the developer retains rights to license their work to others.

[1] http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/license.html

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