[DUG] In case you're interested (or buy stuff)

[Kyley Harris]

> for one, would insist that programmers not sign code, contractors or 
>therwise.  I would rather they used the time to document the code and
leave 
>t up the source control to manage the who did what.

That raises an interesting question.

What source control are you using?

Assume the following: say 10 in house developers, and 10 contractors
(who change randomly and often) say 20 unique contractors per year.

You use source control that requires named licenses. Are you going to by
lots of licenses for all the contractors? Or like many companies. By 11
licenses and call one CONTRACTOR. So all 20 contractors will appear as
the same one.

Sometimes it comes down to economies of scale.


Seconds Theory.... 

You find some code and download it. Or a contractor works on it and
emails it to you. You import it into Starteam or Other? Who is the
auther? As far as starteam is concerned the importer wrote the code.

I think anyone who said "you missed the point" was looking at this
discussion based only on the experience of their current style of
employment"

There is no point other than this. The minute you write a piece of code
that becomes available to anyone except you there will always be someone
who might assert the code is theirs, or remove copyrights. That's what
copyright infringement is for.

If you really want to feel safe just do your job better. If your code is
being used, thefted or other, consider it a bonus. It means you are
better at your job and you will last longer. Those who suck as
developers and need to infringe will end up working corporate anyway.
Water off a ducks back, because you cant really sue in NZ.

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
On Behalf Of Dennis Chuah
Sent: Thursday, 4 May 2006 11:51 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] In case you're interested (or buy stuff)


Me thinks you are the one missing the point here.  Its not about pride
but 
about using source control to document which programmer did what to the 
code.  It removes the need for programmers to sign code and is ample
prove 
that you as a contractor has done what is required.

I for one, would insist that programmers not sign code, contractors or 
otherwise.  I would rather they used the time to document the code and
leave 
it up the source control to manage the who did what.