How about if my budget for negotiating contracts is $0? If I don't have a baseline price and I am worried about licensing, I'm not going to spend time trying t

How about if my budget for negotiating contracts is $0? If I don't have a baseline price and I am worried about licensing, I'm not going to spend time trying to fight for a budget to then spend time trying to negotiate a contract--I don't have time. If I could dev without licensing worries, then I would fight for a budget for things like support and add-ons. Also, may I ask why you put "writing code" in quotations?