Hi Nic, Thanks for sharing this. I do hope and pray that you can come to some accommodation wrt PocketSword - it is a hugely fantastic piece of software and is widely used in places the Bible is otherwise very difficult to come by.
IIRC - it was not originally your project, but another guy started it, but got bogged down by exams etc. Do you think he could be "reactivated"? Peter On Mon, 2011-12-26 at 13:21 +1100, Nic Carter wrote: > Hi team, > > Thought I'd share a little about what's coming up with PocketSword in the > near future. > > Starting in January I'm going to have a new and (hopefully!) exciting job. > As part of the conditions of employment, any code I write is the property of > my employer. This is a little annoying, but I'm ok with it for now. Prayer > for negotiations in the future to do with this would be great! > > What this means for PocketSword and CrossWire is that I'm going to finish up > a smallish update of PocketSword (v1.4.2, which is pretty much completed) and > release that before I start. This includes little bits and pieces I have > been working on, but no new major features. I had previously allocated > January to be a month of solid work on new features, but this job came up and > it was hard to pass up. After that, I am allowed to continue maintaining PS > and keep it in the App Store, etc, but I'm not meant to be working on new > stuff for it. > > How can PocketSword continue on while I'm employed at this place? Simply, if > others contribute code, etc, I can release new versions of PS as required. > If there are new localisations or anything like that, I can update the app. > I'll continue to be on this list, and other support email & forums, and I'll > remain active there (well, as active as I am now!). This isn't the end of my > involvement in PS & I'd love to continue being as involved as possible. :) > > Prayer would be appreciated for all of this! > Firstly for negotiations with my employer. There may be some leeway that can > be sorted out in the future, and I'd love to pursue that. > Secondly for others to be taking an interest in helping out with the code in > PS. > Thirdly, personally, for transition to a new job and all that entails. :) > > > Thanks heaps, and I hope you have all had a great Christmas reflecting on why > we all have this excuse for fun times with family and friends :) > ybic > nic... :) > > ps: I'm aware that some of you are probably of the opinion that signing a > contract that gives your employer ownership of all code you write whether or > not it's during work hours and whether or not it's at work is a little (or a > LOT) crazy. It's not as simple as that in this situation, and that's not the > full story, and that's kinda why it may be negotiable at a later stage. But > it's a good & fun opportunity for me & I really feel like it's a God-given > avenue for me, at least for the near-future. :) So I'm willing to put up > with that and see where God takes it. :) > > ---- > Nic Carter > PocketSword Developer - an iOS Bible Study app > www: http://crosswire.org/pocketsword > iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/Pocketsword/id341046078 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/pocketsword > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
