hey guys,
I have a costumer that wants the source code for a small app I made for him...the price of the EXE was 250 USD, but now I dont know how much to ask for the source, the app is about 500 lines large....any ideas?
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hey guys,
I have a costumer that wants the source code for a small app I made for him...the price of the EXE was 250 USD, but now I dont know how much to ask for the source, the app is about 500 lines large....any ideas?
How badly does he want it? :rolleyes:
If they are getting the source, that means that they would probably be losing any and all support for the product. I would charge an arm and a leg, to make it worth their while not to have the source.
Well I assume he really wants it...he already knows the price for the EXE and just then he asked for the price for the source...I guess Im gonna let my hand go down a little hard on this one...Quote:
Originally posted by manavo11
How badly does he want it? :rolleyes:
Who pays 250 USD for a 500 line app ??? :confused: Hell, thats 50 cents per line. You are making a fortune :bigyello:Quote:
Originally posted by Xcoder
hey guys,
I have a costumer that wants the source code for a small app I made for him...the price of the EXE was 250 USD, but now I dont know how much to ask for the source, the app is about 500 lines large....any ideas?
Some really lazy programmers....Quote:
Originally posted by spoiledkid
Who pays 250 USD for a 500 line app ???
It's not so much the number of lines that should factor into the price as the IP. How long did it take you to whip up? Is the guy likely to resell it? Actually I'm amazed the source code wasn't required as a deliverable.
Just curious,
What does it do?
Well, its an app that communicates with a device thru serial..this device sends commands and you gotta interpret them and I threw a couple of addons...Actually they came to me cause I know the protocol this device uses...not likely for reselling..though...Quote:
Originally posted by NotLKH
Just curious,
What does it do?
Hmmm,
I did that once with an xRiteColor Spectrophotometer.
Quite a bit of fun, really!
TaTa!
OMG, I'm Possessed by that travelocity Garden Gnome!
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!
phew, much better now.
:wave:
instead of selling the source, you should license it.
This reminds me of http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=278769
PS. :) Its not a source code. You wouldn't point at a puddle and say "That's a water." source code is more like a substance than a discrete object, gramatically speaking. :)
I would tell him that you do not sell your source code until you
are unable or unwilling to support the application.
Unless this would stop you from doing business with this customer in the future.
Then, I would maybe post a question on a programming forum.
Someone might be able to help you there.
Avoid the hassle and don't sell it to him.
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Originally posted by wossname
This reminds me of http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=278769
PS. :) Its not a source code. You wouldn't point at a puddle and say "That's a water." source code is more like a substance than a discrete object, gramatically speaking. :)
I can't remember that....:eek: