If you were selling, you would be obliged to do this, under enforcable contract terms which penalize theft of the IPR.
I think the onus would be similar for the single customer model. In effect, if you are coding to deliver to them, and they are bankrolling your deployment, they're buying you in all but name. So, the conditionality on their checking of your IPR, should be the same as selling your IPR.
I think the onus would be similar for the single customer model. In effect, if you are coding to deliver to them, and they are bankrolling your deployment, they're buying you in all but name. So, the conditionality on their checking of your IPR, should be the same as selling your IPR.