Can anyone explain why written code couldn't be considered "a compilation (an original manner of selecting or arranging preexisting works)?" I would think common sense would define most software as an arrangement of preexisting works.
e.g. If I'm contracted to develop a web app it's an original arrangement of an existing programming language.
The language is tricky, but writing (a book, a program) (or drawing a picture) isn't considered "arranging" words (or paint drops). The entirety of existence is just a series of rearranging molecules, atoms, and quarks!
The attempted distinction is intuitive to me, but I for one can't think of the words for it.
Jane was hired as a contractor to deliver a business process application in C#. The contract to hire Jane was a work-for-hire contract without the explicit copyright transferring language... /end of example.
I would presume that Jane's final work product is an arrangement of previous work by Anders Hejlsberg (who lead the original C# development team) and other employees of Microsoft. Is this not a sound line of reasoning?
Nah. If I build a bridge using Caterpillar equipment I haven't re-arranged Caterpillar equipment into a bridge, I've just used tools.
Similarly, just because you write code in C# and then send it to code I wrote, which translates it to CIL, that doesn't mean that any of your code is actually an arrangement of my code. Your code just conformed to the required input of my tool (the C# compiler).
If anything, I'd say unless the contractor is delivering a complete end-to-end piece of work, it'll almost certainly count as "a contribution to a collective work". Some types of work you might outsource (say, hiring a technical writer to write your documentation for you) might also count as "supplementary material".
Compilations are things like phone books, or a street directory.
If we took your logic, then all books are merely compilations of the alphabet, or dictionary. Judges would look at that and think "wait no, that breaks everything"
> Compilations are things like phone books, or a street directory.
What about books of driving directions? Before ubiquitous access to navigation applications, I would have AAA assemble a book of directions for long trips. Each page represented instructions on which decisions I were to make AND when to make them.
I would argue that code represents an equivalent level of abstraction to the book of directions. The language's grammar being equivalent to the available choices on the road system.
> Judges would look at that and think "wait no, that breaks everything"
I would assume that by using "Obama administration" in this context it was meant to be purposefully vague. The Executive Branch is massive. This could be anyone from the Pentagon, CIA, DHS, to many others who just happen to eventually report to the President. Many of these organizations have the motivation to maintain their current legal powers.
"Many members of Congress, the President's own review group on NSA activities, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board all agree that the use of Section 215 to collect Americans' calling records must stop."
It could be possible that the President overruled his own policy review group. But I find it unlikely given his propensity for consensus.
A) that jellicle thinks it's morally wrong? He certainly seems to think that.
B) That costs have lowered? Spreads have dropped 10-20x in the last 10 years. Here's the CIO of Vanguard talking about how that's benefited everyone who buys one of their index funds:
"Virtually all non-tropical crops are grown in the Central Valley, which is the primary source for a number of food products throughout the United States, including tomatoes, almonds, grapes, cotton, apricots, and asparagus."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_(California)
Minor correction: The San Joaquin Valley in the south half of the Central Valley, and The Sacramento Valley is the north half. The dividing line is the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Draper's concerns mainly reference representation and regulation. Both of which can be achieved by (1) amending the CA and US Constitutions, and (2) delegating more power to the existing counties.
The waste inherent to operating five additional state governments, just to circumvent the status quo, does not seem appropriate.
My friend and I are mid-redesign on a new service marketplace called reBaked. Our innovation is collaboration with many freelancers and paying them proportionally to what they actually deliver. There's also a negotiated minimum payment for freelancers so it's not overly risky for them.
...it's not quite ready for a Show HN, but the gist can be seen at (https://rbkd-staging.heroku.com). I'd love to get your first reaction.
It's interesting and I'll have to think about it further but I wouldn't think that a listing fee of 10% of project budget, payable in advance, is going to work.
Thanks for looking! I can't argue that 10% is the correct fee - it's more of a starting point.
For that fee we guarantee users are promptly paid (net 10 or less, no excuses), absorb all of the usual transaction fees, host and archive the project workspace, and generate/distribute all 1099 and W9's.
Maybe. I'm actually on the other side of this as a freelancer, so might not have the best info. But one thing I've noticed is that one of main the ways I get gigs is by assuring people that the whole thing is going to work. In other words, there's a lot of inherent and perceived risk in outsourcing and if I can start a conversation, I can allay some of their fears. So it seems to me that with an upfront fee, you're tacking on this perceived extra risk or hurdle before they get to talk to anyone.
I don't know what the psychology of money-back guarantees is. They don't have much affect on me, for some reason.
Is a persons biometric signature something that can be legally compelled to be used by a company, if that person quits or go AWOL?
If an employee/agent has ownership of a text keyfile (assuming no company controlled backups exist), the company could look to police/courts about property theft. But biometric seems a bit different.
> In a further crackdown on what Mr Cameron referred to as ‘the darkest corners of the internet’, Downing Street will tomorrow announce that a national database will be created to give every illegal image a label.
Cameron is laying the foundation to implement his censorship system.
While I'm also unlikely to patiently pinch a few dollars, I find it mildly interesting.