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The problem is that this is a "factory worker" mindset applied to creative and IP based work. When a factory worker makes a chair, company does not profit from
by varispeed 5y ago
The problem is that this is a "factory worker" mindset applied to creative and IP based work.
When a factory worker makes a chair, company does not profit from it indefinitely.
When a developer creates code he or she gets paid once, but company profits forever.
So even if they fire a developer, they still are profiting the from work they did. Question is, why developers sign IP transfer and royalty waiver in their contracts?
- visarga 5y ago> When a developer creates code he or she gets paid once, but company profits forever. Forever usually being 1-5 years?
- varispeed 5y agoIt's a figure of speech, but I've seen 10 year old commits still doing well in production and some written before even git was a thing. Given how much value this work generates, it's time developers got together and put a pressure on companies to pay fairer and proportionally to profits they are generating. I'd even opt for a legislation that would make contract clauses about giving up royalties illegal.