And you Bubba are totally useless developer because you're not allowed to (re)implement even a simple sorting function. You did it before for an employer or customer and now it's theirs for ever. Or id you do, then you are a hypocrite.
And to close this with an answer to the person who posted a question. No, I would never publish client's solution (in the form of program(s) that solve business problems) as open source, nor would I sell it to another company. Solution is something that a lot of people built, conceptualized and came up with the idea. You just did the coding, and bits and pieces of that code you can use in 99% of your future work. Everybody does that, otherwise nobody would be here on this list. Even those guys from the paranoid side. --- In [email protected], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alen, > > You are either being intentionally obtuse or being incredibly witty....I'm just not seeing the humor or the usefulness of your comments.... > > GB, > Bubba > > > From: b_alen > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: OOP and Work for Hire > > > You can use it again definitely otherwise no one here would be allowed > to do even a sorting algorithm ever again. Come on, some guys even > went so far that every single "digital line of code" is client's. So > even the <mx:Button /> I can't implement ever again, because it > belongs to the customer. > > > Algorithm, you can probably use it again. It depends how obvious or > > unique it is. In theory, algorithms / approaches to solving problems > > are not patentable. In reality such algorithms may be patentable or > > considered trade secrets. > > Depends, but usually there are changes for the better in each iteration. > > > Even if you sit down to implement the algorithm a second time, I > bet it > > will come out quite different than what you did the first tie. >
