Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Paul Makepeace wrote:
>
>> Ah yes, the classic old "why put expensive clever people on the payroll
>> when we can run a competition and for a measly $10K keep *all* the IP
>> for *all* the answers?"
>>
>> (US$10K barely buys two weeks of contract work in Silicon Valley)
>
> OTOH, how much time would it buy from a laid-off dotcommie, eager to show
> off how good his/her skills are & maybe have something he/she wrote be
> used on Google? Even if it doesn't turn into a job there -- as it easily
> could -- being able to put that on a resume can only be good in the long
> run. Can't it?
At least Google aren't claiming that they get to own your code (unless
that's a little extra in the license terms...)
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
-- Jane Austen?
