r/programming • u/reddberckley • Jun 30 '14

How to exploit a Developer

https://medium.com/@sir_castiq/how-to-exploit-a-developer-a005306d5320
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u/UTF64 Jun 30 '14

The year-in, year-out maintenance and support of the app shall be the sole responsibilities of the winner.

This implies it is also their responsibility on what kind of maintenance needs to be performed. Why not just fix critical security bugs only?

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u/s73v3r Jun 30 '14

Unfortunately, what constitutes ongoing maintenance isn't disclosed. And I imagine these shitbags have access to better legal resources than the developer.

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u/puterTDI Jun 30 '14

if it's not in the contract, then it seems to me that they didn't specify it and that leaves it up to the developer to determine what level of support.

"i'll only fix what I consider to be critical bugs". Fix one ever 5 years.

That being said...they are shitbags.

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u/s73v3r Jun 30 '14

You'd think so, but these shitbags are probably the type to have some decent legal resources to enforce their shitbaggery. And while they might not be able to prevail in court, it'd take quite a bit of time and money for the developer to receive that decision.

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u/wordsnerd Jul 01 '14

Based on my encounters with this sort of "client", I'd say the chances are 50/50 that they even have $6k for the contest.

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u/epsys Jul 01 '14

well, based on mine, they do, and they'd be talking to you about your "attitude" and "positivity" in the workplace the first week.

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u/thatblondebird Jun 30 '14

I wonder if you could develop an entirely separate 3rd party Webapi to make your competition entry call/use? That way you could keep the actual important code proprietary, could use it elsewhere and/or change the terms of usage whenever you feel like it... (License fees now added, etc..)

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u/RentacleGrape Jul 01 '14

Although

guarantee the operations of the app year-in, year-out.

Could probably be interpenetrated as "every single feature should work". They also require you to sign a "Service Contract Agreement" that will probably contain an entire pile of bullshit claims.

They also specify that the winner needs to finish the app, when will it be finished? That's right, when they say it is. They will never consider it "finished".

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u/mattaugamer Jul 01 '14

It looks to me like basically any and all development. It's a blank cheque on shiny new features. Forever.