Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 03, 2003 01:22 PM
I write code I create code I give code. Now why simple I have no need to sell the code.
I have a Job running and mataining computers. So sometimes it gets quite I have caught up on everything. Now don't tell my boss I look bussy when there is nothing better to do writing code. So I created code on his system while being payed by him to keep it running(ie I am not being payed to program just watch and mantain it). Some of this is fine ie the boss knows that I was patching X in my spare time to enchance overall system perforance. Note it is not alway posiable to go home due to the fact that someone or something stuffs something up somewhere and it has to be fixed quickly.
Now most of my coding is patching not writing from scratch due to time contrants. So the licence of GPL and BSD lets me join in. Basicly do you ask someone why they do something for fun. They will say it is just fun. This is the same for people like me the creation of a fix and seeing it work is payment enough for me.
It is all how much you value what you do. Also I whould call it strange to be asking for cash when I was recieving money for what I was doing. This is mult tasking watching system writing code. Now really I should be giving full time to boss but some of his past people played computer games to pass the time but a game cannot be stop as quicly as code just press save and come back later. Or nice auto script that causes my coding program to autosave and shutdown if left for 5 mins without being touched so I can just walkaway giving faster responce times than my gamer equals.
Basicly I would like to see anyone say that I should take money for code I created while performing another job. It does not seam right to take money for it.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 03, 2003 01:22 PMI have a Job running and mataining computers. So sometimes it gets quite I have caught up on everything. Now don't tell my boss I look bussy when there is nothing better to do writing code. So I created code on his system while being payed by him to keep it running(ie I am not being payed to program just watch and mantain it). Some of this is fine ie the boss knows that I was patching X in my spare time to enchance overall system perforance. Note it is not alway posiable to go home due to the fact that someone or something stuffs something up somewhere and it has to be fixed quickly.
Now most of my coding is patching not writing from scratch due to time contrants. So the licence of GPL and BSD lets me join in. Basicly do you ask someone why they do something for fun. They will say it is just fun. This is the same for people like me the creation of a fix and seeing it work is payment enough for me.
It is all how much you value what you do. Also I whould call it strange to be asking for cash when I was recieving money for what I was doing. This is mult tasking watching system writing code. Now really I should be giving full time to boss but some of his past people played computer games to pass the time but a game cannot be stop as quicly as code just press save and come back later. Or nice auto script that causes my coding program to autosave and shutdown if left for 5 mins without being touched so I can just walkaway giving faster responce times than my gamer equals.
Basicly I would like to see anyone say that I should take money for code I created while performing another job. It does not seam right to take money for it.
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