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RE: "Source Protected" system on TS 6



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Always agree upon source code rights BEFORE any work begins.
Programmers do have the right to protect any work they own if they use that
work in fulfilling your needs.....
unless a contract says otherwise.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Masciarelli [mailto:verobill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:27 PM
> To: Omega List
> Subject: "Source Protected" system on TS 6
>
>
>
> Hello to all after a multi-year break from TS.
>
> I stopped after version 4, went on to other software; now have
> been seduced
> back to version 6.  I'd hoped things would be different this time
> - but here
> comes heartburn, right out of the box.
>
> I hired a fellow to write code for a system.
>
> He delivered, it ran, I sent him a check.
>
> A bit later I decided to look at the code.  Pop up window says, "The
> following files can not be opened because they are source protected."
>
> Called the programmer.  His answer, "You paid me to code the
> system.  If you
> want to see the code, it will cost you the same three hundred dollars
> again."
>
> There it is, Omega heartache # 10,000...
>
> I know there were unlock codes available in the old days.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions about getting around this in TS6, I'd
> appreciate very much hearing from you.  (If you don't want to post to the
> group I'm at mailto:billmasi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx )
>
> Many thanks,
>
>    Bill M
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