IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
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IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
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Re: IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
#2Meh. You don't get the list of every worker who was involved in the supply chain that ensured you got the laptop/tablet/phone/other device on which you are reading this. So, why is software or a developer special?
Re: IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
#3The developers agreed to work for a fee. Assuming the fee was paid, the worker no longer has any legal claim to the work.
Suggesting otherwise upends centuries of legal regulation and precedent.
Re: IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
#4The developers agreed to work for a fee. Assuming the fee was paid, the worker no longer has any legal claim to the work. Suggesting otherwise upends centuries of legal regulation and precedent.
Games and Movies have credits and they get paid.
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#5You have writers and ghostwriters in the book trade.
Re: IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
#6If you want that, write that in to your employment contract. No government entity forces credits to be on a movie. They are there because they're part of the contract.
I've seen games do this, they list the developers, artists, designers, etc... As part of the game credits and not just adventure. Make it part of your employment negotiating if it's an important factor.
Usually there's 2 reasons to do it. First you're a well known name and having your name there will increase profits. This allows you to demand higher pay for your name and better placement. Second you're a nobody but you want to be somebody so attaching your name allows you to build up industry credit.
Read the story about Hard Dean Anders for a funny contract about credits.
Re: IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
#7This would give engineers an incentive to work on customer-facing works of software, and avoid working on internal tools.
Re: IT companies should be forced to publicly credit developers
#8The developers agreed to work for a fee. Assuming the fee was paid, the worker no longer has any legal claim to the work. Suggesting otherwise upends centuries of legal regulation and precedent.
Games and Movies have credits and they get paid.
This doesn't mean film makers and other employers are or should be *forced* to do it.
If you want credit, feel free to negotiate the point. But there is no legal precedent for forcing it once you are paid for your work. By default, the work belongs to your employer once you are paid.