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Have you provided them with the project? Next time put a backdoor in your code and remove it after payment. Most people don't check.
by shyn3 14y ago
Have you provided them with the project? Next time put a backdoor in your code and remove it after payment. Most people don't check.
- Spoom 14y agoA backdoor would very likely get the coder sued, and legitimately so.
- jamesjguthrie 14y agoYeah, I'm sure code like that would constitute unauthorized systems access.
- shyn3 14y agoYou guys do have a point. I usually pay freelancers to do my stuff and I feel bad if someone is going to run away after getting their work. I guess it depends on the scope of work. I think in Canada we have a law where if you do something criminal then you can't charge the person for stealing. i.e. If you are selling drugs and I steal your drugs then you can't take me to court. In this situation if I were to steal your code/work then stealing it back or making it stop working would suffice. If it's a .php script maybe make it refer to your web-server for certain parts of the script so that the full functionality isn't there if the user runs away with your code. Something like passing back a token for verification as with serial numbers. A phone-home mechanism of some sort.
- shyn3 14y agoA really smart freelancer added a clause similar to this to a contract. Payment: Net/30 - 2%, 7. Payment due in 30 days, 2% discount if paid within 7 days. Also they added: If the fees aren't paid within the terms above, there will be a 20% interest per 5-business days. I would think that would work encourage those willing to pay to pay faster. The ones who aren't going to pay I don't know.