Sarà capitato a tutti i designer che hanno un po' di anni di lavoro alle spalle: arriva sempre un momento, nella propria vita professionale, in cui un cliente chiede che gli vengano ceduti i cosiddetti "file sorgente" . Con file sorgente, si intende di solito il file originale che abbiamo utilizzato per creare di fatto il progetto: sono file sorgenti, therefore, the InDesign file for a catalog, for example, or. psd in Photoshop layers, i. fla file in Flash, the. raw for our photographs. Neither are. Pdf ready for printing that we provide to the customer at the end of the work. very often, so keep that in mind, the customer asks them not to make small pictures to be framed: he needs to get hold of, modify, change, update. And of course, does not want it done to us (small aside: if the fault is yours because you mishandled the customer, well, take this opportunity to make a conscientious examine ). Most of the time, the son of the cousin of the owner has proposed to update the catalog in exchange for little money and a lunch McDonald's.
My response in these cases is always the same: never give the source file. Point.
The source files contain much of the know-how and the professional way of working. Know-how that can be easily taken up and replicated by others without the consent of and without the proper economic return that would ensue. When a customer orders a job, the material required is the end result (for example, an executive print pdf) and not the source. Then the source file should not be delivered if not explicitly specified in the contract.
It should be remembered that the sources, because both contain our know-how both for the economic rights lost by the assignment, may possibly be quantified and in fact purchased by the customer, already delivered separately to the final file. There are those who quantifies the cost (I've found online, of course, is not the law) of the source in 10 times the cost of the design: If you ask 1000 € to create a brochure in InDesign source file it will cost 10,000. Questionable, but it serves to give you an idea.
The source files are in fact covered by paternity law (Law 633 of 22 April 1941, and subsequent amendments, including the two European standards 96 / 9 and 91/250), in consideration that the software management of these files and their sources are owned by the same creative. The designer of this is required only to delivery of the executable files in pdf format for printing high resolution achieved in collaboration with the customer and approved by him, as a finished product ready for print, part of the invention, the process of implementation The individual elements of the composition and the software tools used to assemble the work are not transferable in any way. Moreover, the same laws protect cited the author's signature on a work, which can not be waived without the consent of the author. There then remain reserved to the author rights for any uses dell'originale diverse da quelle commissionate. In questo senso, anche ammettendo l'eventuale fornitura dei file sorgente, il cliente non sarebbe comunque autorizzato ad elaborarlo, modificarlo o aggiornarlo senza il nostro consenso.
Se mi permettete il paragone: sarebbe come pretendere che, pagando il conto al ristorante, il cuoco sia tenuto a fornirci pentole, padelle, ingredienti e finanche la ricetta utilizzata per la realizzazione del piatto che abbiamo mangiato. È questione, insomma, di deontologia personale: sappiate che, comportandovi così, con ogni probabilità perderete un cliente (ma se vi chiede i sorgente, chissà, evidentemente ha già qualcun altro a cui rivolgersi) ma ne guadagnerete in rispetto, honor and professional integrity.
Allow me some advice about the whole affair: write two lines, at the time of the estimate. Specify that your work involves the provision of a pdf file suitable for printing and correctly profiled, but not the source file with which you have the product. We graphics solutions, not sell off our know-how.
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