Given that all themes are released under GPL, there is not a lot you can do about this – other than discuss it with your chosen developers.
You could just pay the designing company a wee bit more
Let’s say $1,000 for a non-exclusive theme. $3,000 for exclusive theme.
Thank you for your input but I afraid it’s really not appropriate to discuss design costings here.
Those numbers were just examples, I have no idea how much he is paying. He could offer more for exclusivity.
I do appreciate that but this line of discussion is not appropriate for these forums.
Yea, but what I meant was how would I know – like, what sorta documents should I be getting that proves that I have the right to that customized theme?
Cost of designing and development aside that is.
There’s things like NDA’s, commercial greements, etc, but without knowing a whole lot more about your business, where you’re located, who you’re dealing with, where they’re located, etc, etc, etc… this is not the place for asking that sort of question.
What you need to do is bite the bullet and spend the money to see a real copyright lawyer that can give you a real answer to your questions and tell you what you should and should not do.
Don’t ever take legal advice from an internet forum… it’s not worth the paper it’s writen on (sarcastic, but true).
