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by chanux 6294 days ago
Didn't you come to any kind of written agreement on your DEAL? If not You have to be very careful of every step you are planning to take.

I suggest you to be flexible in this matter & take a step which would do less damage to your investment. I hope HN folks will come up with some good advices :).
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pixpox3 6294 days ago
Well there was a written agreement, but the funds were released in 4 separate milestones.

However, once I'd released 40 percent of the money and it was slightly late, I'd already wasted 2 months and said goodbye to 40 percent of the funds, so I felt like I had to stick with it. A foolish move in retrospect!

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dablya 6294 days ago
Who owns the source code according the agreement? How were the milestones defined?

You can technically reverse engineer the code (it will not look exactly like the original). Depending on the agreement though, if the coder owns the source, you're probably better off not doing that.

Next time specify who owns the source in the agreement, and make sure that you're getting the source as you release the funds.

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