Confused with mod makers?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by nexialys

hey TLS, i suppose you make a living of something else ?!... some coders don't... that's why they focus on salary... Jelsoft focus on profits too, or they would be closed... check out: installation of a vBulletin forum: 150$... it's mostly the same cost as the license itself... and they did not code a thing, just clicked 13 times before the install is done...

so imagine someone coding a 20 000 lines hack... which is different from a template modification or a new permission...

$150 :erm:

Well....

Hmmm....

:erm:

I thinks' we need to help each other more and quit spending time trying coding for a living and actually do it or get a job. Did you check the thread for payed request... there was a 40 hr a week listing in their w/ benefits but your complaining about doing it for a living? A real job (full time coder, construction worker, accountant, or cashier etc.) pays the bills and then in your spare time you help others, if they request something more than you typically offer, charge them otherwise they should simply take the time to figure it out themselves. I have not read all the replies in this thread because it will continue to become more of everyone trying to force agreement to their point of view. Open your perspective and let's just deal with what we have and be happy else it's the same old song and dance...

Buy it or don't else learn, all I know is there's way to many people on here beating dead mules

S-MAN

[NoeJeko]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

There are basically 2 types of coders around on vB.org (using coders as example, but same applies to Designers).

And then there's the hybrids.

To date I've done 14 major hacks for vBulletin - only one was released on vB.org and I've only taken 1 paid request from here. There's a myriad of reasons why I don't release/don't take paid jobs but I'll give the most prevalent:

• A mod I've done "for fun" may have no value outside of a specific type of community
• A mod I've done may be for a paid customer and cannot be released
• A mod I've done may have some sort of proprietary technology that I cannot legally release due to NDAs
• A person may be requesting a mod that will take me a month to complete (with my current workload) and 20,000 lines of code and is offering $100 for it.

Anything I release to vB.org will be marked as "supported" - but if it's a free mod that I've done it's very last priority - the projects that pay the bills are prioritized first (I do vB hacks/other web projects for a company as a job). It doesn't mean I'll ignore it - but it also means I can't guarantee a 48 hour turnaround for bugfixes. If I had more free time, however, you'd probably see more "freebies" pop up from me here as I do enjoy it and like giving back to the community when I have time. After all, I'm a self-taught C/PHP developer and Linux admin and I learned by watching what everyone else did and then taking it to the next level =]