Re: Hiring a coder to squash a bug?

FROM : Graham J Lee
DATE : Sat Nov 06 19:10:28 2004

On 6 Nov 2004, at 17:50, Olivier Lanctôt wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I want to know what are the rates for hiring someone to fix a bug and
> how can I be sure the coder won't steal my code (we're talking about a
> big shareware app here.)
>


You can't be sure, but you can make them sign a contract that means
that if they do you are allowed to come down on them like the
preverbial ton of bricks.  Same thing that would stop an immoral
version of me from shopping out all my employer's IP.
--
Graham Lee
UNIX Systems Manager,
Oxford Physics Practical Course
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