On the funny side. Imagine if you hired a painter for your house, and instead of leaving his business card, and asking for a written reference, he signed his name on all the walls. :)
>That would be illegal, wouldn't it? If you have 10 contractors working for >you at the same time, you really need 10 additional licenses. Depends on the software license weather its illegal or not. I've seen companies do it. Besides. If Sourcesafe is concurrent users then. Bob writes his changes at 4pm Bill writes his changes at 4:15pm etc. There are many bizarre things in the world when you contract long enough. Many places I have contracted I have been told to give them the code to check in because they ARE using sourcesafe and the DON'T want to pay for the extra licenses. It is NOT illegal if one person is doing all the checking in And checking out... depends on your perversity. Anyway, I just found the whole topic amusing and thought that each side had an equally valid purpose for what was done. Except the easter egg.... unless you were not contracting. You can do what you want if you are not contracting. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Chuah Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 7:33 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] In case you're interested (or buy stuff) CVS is free, and SourceSafe is licensed by the number of concurrent users who have write access to the repository. With CVS, contractors can check in through the web, and with VPN, there is no excuse for the contractor to email code to you. Make it their responsibility to properly use the source control software. > You use source control that requires named licenses. Are you going to by > lots of licenses for all the contractors? Or like many companies. By 11 > licenses and call one CONTRACTOR. So all 20 contractors will appear as > the same one. That would be illegal, wouldn't it? If you have 10 contractors working for you at the same time, you really need 10 additional licenses. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyley Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 12:10 AM Subject: RE: [DUG] In case you're interested (or buy stuff) >> for one, would insist that programmers not sign code, contractors or >>therwise. I would rather they used the time to document the code and > leave >>t up the source control to manage the who did what. > > That raises an interesting question. > > What source control are you using? > > Assume the following: say 10 in house developers, and 10 contractors > (who change randomly and often) say 20 unique contractors per year. > > You use source control that requires named licenses. Are you going to by > lots of licenses for all the contractors? Or like many companies. By 11 > licenses and call one CONTRACTOR. So all 20 contractors will appear as > the same one. > > Sometimes it comes down to economies of scale. > > > Seconds Theory.... > > You find some code and download it. Or a contractor works on it and > emails it to you. You import it into Starteam or Other? Who is the > auther? As far as starteam is concerned the importer wrote the code. > > I think anyone who said "you missed the point" was looking at this > discussion based only on the experience of their current style of > employment" > > There is no point other than this. The minute you write a piece of code > that becomes available to anyone except you there will always be someone > who might assert the code is theirs, or remove copyrights. That's what > copyright infringement is for. > > If you really want to feel safe just do your job better. If your code is > being used, thefted or other, consider it a bonus. It means you are > better at your job and you will last longer. Those who suck as > developers and need to infringe will end up working corporate anyway. > Water off a ducks back, because you cant really sue in NZ. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dennis Chuah > Sent: Thursday, 4 May 2006 11:51 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] In case you're interested (or buy stuff) > > > Me thinks you are the one missing the point here. Its not about pride > but > about using source control to document which programmer did what to the > code. It removes the need for programmers to sign code and is ample > prove > that you as a contractor has done what is required. > > I for one, would insist that programmers not sign code, contractors or > otherwise. I would rather they used the time to document the code and > leave > it up the source control to manage the who did what. > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
