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Originally Posted by joshuawk
Whenever I talk to programmers, they try to say I have to pay 40% more if I want to keep my ideas/software exclusive, not resold, or remade, plagarized, etc.
but I'm a push over for a lot of things and dont have the best connections. In the programming world, what is the STANDARD etiquette as far as innovative software ideas are concerned?
If you think of some revolutionary software and pay good rates to have it made, are you supposed to pay 40% extra to keep it private, even then they could still clone it and make a few changes to say they didnt copy you.
What is the main consensus moral wise in the programming community on this? I have like 10 programs ive never had made because I dont trust that it wont be resold or copied in some way unless I get in house programmers that sign their life away
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You tell the programmers beforehand you dont want your ideas leaked or resold and if they wont honor that, move on. If the programmer agrees, get a NDA to be on the safe side if your ideas are valuable.
When I use to do client work, I would agree with my clients that if the software was for their personal use I would charge my usual fee. However if I was producing the software to be resold by THEM then I would charge extra or contract a cut of the sales.
You should never have to pay EXTRA to keep YOUR ideas your own. Thats my point of view anyways, it would be nice if most people thought the same way.