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I thought about this myself too. But, if this is the case, releasing these side projects suddenly becomes a whole lot less fun (never mind desirable). It even

I thought about this myself too. But, if this is the case, releasing these side projects suddenly becomes a whole lot less fun (never mind desirable). It even costs more. If there were some kind of trustworthy company, that could act as an umbrella for side projects - i.e. standard T&C / privacy policy let the developer maintain some kind of ownership rights etc. does this sound ridiculous?

pmjordan 18y ago
Sourceforge? Google code?
- kevTheDev 18y ago
  that's a good point that I had not thought of. But are these not just for open source stuff? What if I don't want to go the open source route?
fendale 18y ago
It doesn't sound ridiculous to me, but then I no little of the legalities behind it. I am in the UK, and as I understand it, its only costs a few £100 to setup a PLC (private limited company) - the main overhead is that you have to post you accounts each year to companies house (which probably means you have to pay an accountant to help you). It certainly is some hassle, but there are companies that will set it all up for you I believe. If you own a house or have significant savings I would certainly want them protected from some chancer who has decided you have infringed some patent or lost his data to hackers or stolen his idea etc. Defending something like this could be very expensive, so it may be easier to just close up shop and keep your day job!
- cchooper 18y ago
  You mean a private limited company, not a public one (which requires £50,000 capital). The accounts are not difficult if your company doesn't do much, and you can incorporate for under £100.
  - fendale 18y ago
    You are correct - that was a typo. I edited above to correct it. If I ever get my side project moving toward completion, I intend to look into this side of things in the new year.
    - graemep 18y ago
      Still needs a correction - plc stands for public limited company and you still have that in there.

pmjordan 18y ago

Sourceforge? Google code?

kevTheDev 18y ago
that's a good point that I had not thought of. But are these not just for open source stuff? What if I don't want to go the open source route?

fendale 18y ago

It doesn't sound ridiculous to me, but then I no little of the legalities behind it. I am in the UK, and as I understand it, its only costs a few £100 to setup a PLC (private limited company) - the main overhead is that you have to post you accounts each year to companies house (which probably means you have to pay an accountant to help you). It certainly is some hassle, but there are companies that will set it all up for you I believe. If you own a house or have significant savings I would certainly want them protected from some chancer who has decided you have infringed some patent or lost his data to hackers or stolen his idea etc. Defending something like this could be very expensive, so it may be easier to just close up shop and keep your day job!

cchooper 18y ago
You mean a private limited company, not a public one (which requires £50,000 capital). The accounts are not difficult if your company doesn't do much, and you can incorporate for under £100.
- fendale 18y ago
  You are correct - that was a typo. I edited above to correct it. If I ever get my side project moving toward completion, I intend to look into this side of things in the new year.
  - graemep 18y ago
    Still needs a correction - plc stands for public limited company and you still have that in there.