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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
No, you would have misunderstood my reply. That actually was not my point.
WC was claiming 'ownership' of the code. If you take code from somewhere else, make a few changes, and call it yours. It really isn't. That was the point.
If you write something from scratch, yes, you "own it". If you are "borrowing" from other places like open source, tested code, (hence the reference to genealogy of the code in previous reference) than it's something else.
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I think you've confused "programer" with "script kiddie".
My rates for programming are $90 an hour for code. I still own that code and may reuse it whevere I like. If it's a work for hire, the price starts at $150. The hourly rate is more, and it also takes more time.
For instance, I have several Windows libraries I've custom written over the years. A good example of ones I re-use in code are my SQL wrapper, HTTP wrapper and XML parser. If I'm writing something for you where I retain code ownership, then I don't have to rewrite a ton of SQL functions, I just use my ready made wrapper. Now if you want to own the code to do with what you like, I'm not going to simply give you my code libraries. So now you're not only paying $150 an hour, but you're paying me to re-write things as well.
Now all this being said, I have never nor would I ever re-sell somebody's custom solution. If you pay me to come up with a software solution, I'm not going to turn around and try to sell it to other people. I damn sure might use snippets of code in future projects though.