>> PS> No, (for the record only), there is a HUGE difference between >> selling "skills" and selling code that someone else wrote. :-D >> > Once again you're implying that there's something wrong with Nathan > asking for help on this list. Blow it out your hairdo...
Technically there may be something wrong in that if he is claiming copyright and selling for commerxcial gain rather than selling it as open source he has to prove that he originated at least 75%(I think?) on his own. If he received help for more than 25% he must publish the names of his collaborators and give them their due share of the proceeds. That's why selling code developed on the net in collaboration via news groups and mailing lists is rarely done. It is nearly always open source freeware. The legal minefield is potentially horrible! Using skills gained on such lists is fine, using code jointly developed is a legal quagmire. However given the nature of the code Nathan is producing and the prices he's charging I doubt if we are going to be contesting our share of his millions! It seems pretty harmless at this level. Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
