RE: Question on work done.

1.  Have they paid you ALL of the money they and you agreed to?

2.  If they paid you, I would look at it as an even deal.  However, no more
assistance should be provided unless you have a written agreement.

3.  It is usually not worth the trouble unless there is a real point to
make.  You cound have some lawyer write them a threatening letter for a
hundred bucks but is it worth the trouble and the cost?

4.  They can not use the software because they are idiots (they could not do
it themselves).  Idiots are usually greedy (they wanted it done CHEAP by a
friend as a partial donation).  Let them fall on their face and have to come
back to you to ask for your help.

5.  It becomes one of life's lessons which cost you very little.  If the
only thing you learned out of this was to treat every job as a
professionally contracted item then you learned from them big time and
should send them a pizza (with anchovies) and a six pack of their favorite
adult beverage.  Be thankful that you were smart or lucky enough they did
not cheat you out of several thousand dollars of work.

6.  If you focus on the anger you are wasting your time and energy.  Use the
time to go and learn more coding tips.  You will be better off from the
money you earn from your new skills and you can glide by their office on a
brand new Harley and smile and wave as they grumble.  Your own personal
success is the best medicine for those who would cheat you.

Walter

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of M Lessar Jr
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:19 AM
To: HTML GUILD
Subject: Question on work done.


I did some work for a so called design company as a sub contractor,

I wrote a couple of scripts for them and design a website for them.  They
asked me if I could write a script that would allow them to run a contest on
a web site.

I had started but since then after a dispute I no longer perform any work
for them, and now they are trying to use my script and give it away from
their site.

However it appears they don't know how to do it. Since they are a small "web
design firm" (I use that term loosely), where they only know HTML and no
javascripting or perl /cgi or asp.

I called the script IQ Contest after their request because of the name of
the design firm is IQ Design.  http://www.iqdesign.net  The intention of the
script was so that it would be used on only a site they have built.

I have since finished the beta script under a different name and with more
features, I guess I am a little peived because they are trying to use my
script.

I was foolish at the time and did not sign a contract for work to be
performed. ( I thought I was helping a friend!)

I have received several requests from them asking for the finished version
because I was originally writing the script for them, and since I was
subcontract I was paid for work performed and they claim that I was paid for
the script.

I was paid for the web design and the small script that they have from it,
and some other scritps I wrote for them.  Thats it!

My question is there a way to have them remove my work from the site, and my
script.


Mike

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