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Originally Posted by rwcj63
i get that. believe me. about 10 years ago i wrote a software package for autocad for land surveyors. about a year after i wrote it, a person that worked at the same company i worked at started selling the exact same software. i thought it was different until a friend of mine got a copy of it, shipped it to me and i checked the code. it was mine. 100% of it.
the difference in my case is that i wrote it specifically to make money. and as an FYI, it took a hell of alot longer than 40 hours.
the reason for my little story from down memory lane is simple. if you guys want a professional programmer's site where it's dog eat dog and everyone hates everyone then go create it. otherwise, leave this site to what it's supposed to be. people sharing ideas about ppcs and enjoying what there is to offer here without fighting.
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lets put a little bit of that into perspective;
40 hours / 3 days = 13.3 hrs / day.
I highly doubt you had spent that much time on your "professional land surveying software on a daily basis. nueUSB wasn't the only piece of software I coded. The fact that I didn't charge for it only makes it more offensive: the only reason NFSFAN bothered to edit strings was to take the credit for himself, not to get some kind of restricted functionality.
And it is a SERIOUS problem. If every time I release something that I spent a long time to work on, and it is stolen with someone elses name on it, what reason do I have to continue releasing my stuff.
According to your suggestion, I should just charge for my software, because apparently it is the only method I would have to protect my software.
And yes, we do want a "professional" site, not a site full of warez addicts. This is why these policies must be enforced.