If I buy a car that was built by a couple of guys at the local garage I'd like to know I could take it to a different mechanic when they go out of business or raise their prices.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Anthony <asale...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Well i treat software like a car. When you buy a car they don't give you > the blueprints... > > Client always gets what they pay for..which is usually a function piece of > software(code not always included) that helps them run their business... > > -----Original Message----- > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] > On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi > Sent: Friday, 4 June 2010 8:38 AM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: .NET Obfuscator Software..free! > > Hi Anthony, > > Please forgive my ignorance but my question is what is normal > practice? What is meant by work? When quoting hourly rate, I assume > that at the end they would get everything and since I have been paid > for the time to produce it, it belongs to them. > > Kind Regards > > Arjang > > > On 3 June 2010 20:11, Anthony <asale...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > I assume that if the client doesn’t ask for the code then i don’t give it > > out. I would increase my fee if they want the code anyway > > > > > > > > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] > > On Behalf Of Michael Minutillo > > Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2010 3:07 PM > > To: ozDotNet > > > > Subject: Re: .NET Obfuscator Software..free! > > > > > > > > Well most clients I have dealt with in the past end up with the source > code. > > > > > > > >> After all, "clients" have been accepting obfuscated code since time > >> immemorial already! (Well, at least since the 1980s.) That's what > compiled > >> code is! Unless you wanted to reverse engineer to assembly language, > pretty > >> much everything was obfuscated. > > > > > > > > In the form of a product that is true. But if that were the case I would > > expect the OP would have wanted to obfuscate the entire solution. As > there > > is a single binary to be obfuscated (and it gets used a lot) it sounds > more > > likely that it is being used in custom software that is developed for a > > single client. For the client: > > > > > > > > If they purchase a library then they get a support contract so if things > go > > wrong they get fixed > > > > If they use an open source library then they get the code so they can fix > > issues or pass them on to someone to fix. > > > > If the developer hands them a library which is neither they could be in > > trouble. > > > > > > > > If you are selling a product with support then this is OK because you > have > > an agreement with the client that you'll fix anything that goes wrong. If > > you were to have a falling out with the client over an invoice or > something > > (it happens) then they effectively have a piece of software that only you > > (someone they no longer wish to do business with) can maintain. > > > > > > > > As a client I would consider that an unacceptable risk. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Dylan Tusler > > <dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au> wrote: > > > >> That is potentially a pretty dangerous risk for a client to accept isn't > >> it? Unless it contains some kind of proprietary algorithm or something > I'm > >> not sure it's a great idea. > > > > > > > > That's a pretty weird point of view. > > > > > > > > After all, "clients" have been accepting obfuscated code since time > > immemorial already! (Well, at least since the 1980s.) That's what > compiled > > code is! Unless you wanted to reverse engineer to assembly language, > pretty > > much everything was obfuscated. > > > > > > > > Dylan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------- > > > > To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local > council > > office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you > prefer, > > visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au > > > > This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named > > recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, > > distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited > without > > the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender > immediately > > if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your > system. > > Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the > sender > > and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. > > maile 3_1_0 > > > > > > -- > > Michael M. Minutillo > > Indiscriminate Information Sponge > > Blog: http://wolfbyte-net.blogspot.com > > > -- Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge Blog: http://wolfbyte-net.blogspot.com
