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cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org wrote on 06/21/2006 01:11:07 PM: > Tony Hoyle wrote: > > >> Now, come on... there are a number of companies that hire programmers > >> for work on open-source projects, aren't there? There are also any > >> number of university employees who open-source their work. All these > >> get paid up front. That's not a strange or rare concept. > > > > When you hire someone you don't normally pay them up front.. you pay > > them a salary or by the hour. > > Ok, but I'd say that's close to hair-splitting. The salary is maybe > technically paid afterwards and not really "up front", but the contract > that ensures the payment is up front. And after 5 years on the job as an > employee, while it's still formally a payment after the work, the > distinction doesn't make much sense. The programmer works, and gets paid > for the work. The payment is independent of the result of the work. (He may > get fired, but they can't really say to an employee of five years "we don't > pay you for last month because the code you wrote sucks.") So, in essence, > I look at this as a "get paid while working" situation. This has to be the longest running, most off-topic thread on here in a very long time. :) Brian