Well, it finally happened.  What started out as a promising paying
code-for-hire job went bad, the customer has stopped responding to emails
and has apparently decided not to pay for the work done as agreed.  Since
we're several states apart and the amount isn't enough to get lawyers
involved, I guess he gets away with it for the time being.  I'm really
disappointed; it's not like my kids are going to go without shoes this
winter, but there are a few hundred hours of my time I would have spent
doing other things if I'd known I wasn't going to get paid for them.  I
even offered to be flexible on the amount if he was in financial straits,
but there has been no response to my last four or five emails since
December.

I debated for a few weeks whether or not to post this to the list.  I
don't want to be seen as using the list or my so-called position as list
admin to push a personal agenda.  Sooner or later, though, the guy is
going to need some changes or fixes made to the code, and I suspect he's
going to turn to another PICList member to do it.  I'd really like to
spare the next guy the same fate, and yes, it would irritate me to know
someone else was getting paid to do what I should have already been paid
to do.

I'm not going to name names or go too deep into details, but if you get an
email from someone looking to have some work done on some CCS C source
code (that still may or may not have my name attached), you might want to
drop me a note privately to see if it's the same guy.  IANAL, but as far
as I can tell since I didn't get paid as agreed, he's got no right to the
code.

Dale
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