Software licensing, IP assignment and source-code ownership
What this page covers
This section covers software licensing, IP assignment, and source-code ownership issues for software and technology companies.
It is relevant when teams are working through license terms, customer obligations, open-source use, contractor assignments, or questions about who owns core code and related IP.
Use the pages below to find the topic that best fits your document or issue, including license agreements, compliance, ownership arrangements, escrow, and disputes.
What to choose
- Choose a software licensing page if your main concern is license structure, agreement terms, customer rights, or limits on use and distribution.
- Choose an IP assignment or source-code ownership page if you need clearer ownership of code created by founders, employees, contractors, or other contributors.
- Choose an open-source compliance, escrow, or dispute page if the issue involves dependencies, release conditions, source access, or disagreements over software license rights.
Where to go next
The pages in this section cover related software and IP matters, including software license agreements, agreement review, open-source compliance, IP assignment, source-code ownership, escrow, and disputes.
They are designed to help founders, product teams, and in-house legal teams move from a broad concern to a more specific page that matches the agreement, codebase, or ownership issue involved.
What matters
- This section focuses on software licensing, IP ownership, contributor and contractor assignments, and open-source use in a commercial setting.
- The linked pages cover both planning work, such as drafting and review, and issue-driven matters, such as compliance concerns and software license disputes.
- If you are not sure which topic fits your situation, contact Femida.us and describe the agreement, codebase, or ownership issue you need to address.