Thanks, that's helpful as an upfront approach. How about if a contract is already in place and the company is okay with the methodology being published, as long as they retain rights to it.

Is there a licensing vehicle that allows for publishing while remaining an asset of the company?

For example, Square built their Dagger library and uses the Apache license. http://square.github.io/dagger/ My impression is that Dagger is still an asset of Square, but you can use it as long as you meet the licensing requirements.

Is there an equivalent to this for a modeling approach or work done by a consultant?