> If you start something new from this code and it becomes successful, guess who is going to come out of the woodwork and want a portion of it?
This is literally the reason lawyers exist. It’s not hard to draft up an agreement where the former co-founder transfers all rights and ownership and relinquishes any claim to the technology.
Agreed I was just trying to help the person achieve a bit of zen. it’s nice to think you can get him to sign something but chances are he’ll interpret it that the code is worth something and dig in...As they say in arendelle ... let it go, let it go...
This is literally the reason lawyers exist. It’s not hard to draft up an agreement where the former co-founder transfers all rights and ownership and relinquishes any claim to the technology.