On Saturday, July 28, 2001, at 01:30 AM, Edwin Pilobello wrote:

> Since you wrote the first program, you actually have
> Intellectual Property rights.

Not if it was a work for hire, or if the rights were assigned as a part 
of the agreement.

> Then it's just a matter of how good your
> lawyers are at bargaining for royalty.

Or how good a job they are at bargaining down the cost to you of your 
settlement of THEIR lawsuit.