Many times we're already on the hook anyways, supporting friends/family even when they are using someone else's product.
replyIt doesn't have to be this messy. If I were the maker I would treat this as a good first version and transfer the ownership to the business slowly. This is just like working with any consultant.
replyThe business is run by his wife, and if they had a SWE(-like) already, that person would’ve made this. But instead, the husband did and now owns it. He also open sourced it, so he has to live with the inevitable consequences of that too.
replyI wonder if a very simple moltbot can do the ongoing development on its own. I mean, the hard work is mostly out of the way. This isn't so out of the realm of capability.
replyin 5 years whatever ai tools will be good enough to have ownership of a critical piece of software that was built now by ai.
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