<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">That depends on who owns the code that
you wrote. Some documentation that the owner licenses the code is
necessary. If the ownership is not in the name of the party who is
looking to release it under the OSS license, an assignment of ownership
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<br><tt><font size=2>What is the generally accepted method of obtaining
legal release for<br>
existing closed-source code?<br>
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A while back I wrote some code for a client and now they have agreed<br>
to allow it to be released under an open source license. What do I<br>
need to do to document the release?<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Andrew Cutler<br>
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