Payment to the Software Inventor When Buying from the Improver
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Question
A person bought software and improved it themselves, and now someone wants to purchase it for a high amount. Is it necessary to give a portion of the money to the programmer who invented the software?
Answer
Both are partners in the software and should share the money earned from it. The first does not need to pay the second any brokerage fees for bringing in new buyers if the second did it for themselves to earn money.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, Siman 178 and Siman 264
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