1*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer# Maintenance Terms 2*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 3*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer> Last Updated: 27 June 2025 4*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 5*fdc4a7c8SStefan EßerThe code, text, and other materials in this repository are provided as-is under 6*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßerthe terms of the repository's [`LICENSE.md`][0] file, as a gift to the commons 7*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßerand the common good. In providing this software as-is, its author(s) admit no 8*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßerfurther obligations from anyone using the software for any reason, particularly 9*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßerwith respect to: 10*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 11*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Releases, 12*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Response time, 13*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Change review and integration, 14*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Disclosure schedules, 15*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Discretionary, proprietary or otherwise secretive communications, and 16*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Any other non-contractual obligations or conventions, regardless of their 17*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer presumed urgency or severity. 18*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 19*fdc4a7c8SStefan EßerShould anyone wish to make a contract with me (Gavin Howard) to ensure that work 20*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßerhe or she deems critical gets done, the terms are as follows: 21*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 22*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Compute time will be charged at \$25/hr. 23*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* My time will be charged at \$100/hr. 24*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* All issues deemed critical by either me or the requester, that also change the 25*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer source code (anything in `gen`, `include`, or `src`) will require at least two 26*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer weeks of fuzzing without error. 27*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer * If errors are found, those hours will still be charged on top of the final 28*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer two weeks. 29*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* All changes will require running the [release script][2] on Linux (GCC), Linux 30*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer (Clang), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS, Windows. 31*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Any hours spent on bugs or code that have been, or are suspected to have been, 32*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer generated by "AI" will be charged double rates. 33*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 34*fdc4a7c8SStefan EßerCompute time includes, but is not limited to: 35*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 36*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Fuzzing. 37*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Running my [release script][2]. 38*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Running tests and my [release script][2] on macOS. 39*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 40*fdc4a7c8SStefan EßerMy time includes, but is not limited to: 41*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 42*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Code review. 43*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Reading bug reports. 44*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Design. 45*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Coding. 46*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* Any compute time that interferes with my ability to do any other work: 47*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer * Fuzzing makes my computer unusable, so fuzzing for the 8-12 hours of the 48*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer day that I could be working will be charged at \$100/hr. 49*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer * Same with running my [release script][2] because I run two instances on my 50*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer machine and two in VMs at the same time. 51*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer * Running my [release script][2] or any other compute time on Windows 52*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer because Windows blocks me from doing my main work on Linux. 53*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer * Any other instances of blocking compute time. 54*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 55*fdc4a7c8SStefan EßerAll amounts will be billed by, and paid to, [Yzena, LLC][2]. Invoices will be 56*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßerprovided, including line items for what each hour was spent on. 57*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 58*fdc4a7c8SStefan EßerIt is suggested that the following amounts be budgeted: 59*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 60*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* At least \$3000 for a non-critical issue or change. 61*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 62*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer The release script takes about 10 hours, and I would need to run it once on 63*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer Linux (and others at the same time) and once on Windows, which is 20 hours. 64*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer Most of that won't be at the \$100/hr rate, but some probably will be. Then 65*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer an extra \$1000 for other work. 66*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 67*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer* At least \$15,000 for a critical issue or change. 68*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 69*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer The \$3000 above is the start, which leaves \$12,000. Fuzzing is expected to 70*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer cost \$11,400 (6 days a week, 8 hours a day, at \$100, the rest at \$25), and 71*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer rounded up to \$12,000 for good measure. 72*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 73*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer--- 74*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 75*fdc4a7c8SStefan EßerThis document is inspired by [Mike Hoye's Maintenance Terms][1]. 76*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer 77*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer[0]: LICENSE.md 78*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer[1]: https://github.com/mhoye/maintenance-terms 79*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer[2]: scripts/release.sh 80*fdc4a7c8SStefan Eßer[3]: https://yzena.com/ 81