Comments on: Dependency in software http://www.gamesandcode.com/blog/2008/09/dependency-in-software code it, play it Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hugo http://www.gamesandcode.com/blog/2008/09/dependency-in-software/comment-page-1#comment-169 hugo Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:40:14 +0000 http://www.gamesandcode.com/blog/?p=115#comment-169 It was Pegasus Imaging, commercial component. I think their copy protection was source of all problems, supposedly it was "phoning home" and it stuck for some reason. It was Pegasus Imaging, commercial component. I think their copy protection was source of all problems, supposedly it was “phoning home” and it stuck for some reason.

]]> By: Paul W. Homer http://www.gamesandcode.com/blog/2008/09/dependency-in-software/comment-page-1#comment-164 Paul W. Homer Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:26:32 +0000 http://www.gamesandcode.com/blog/?p=115#comment-164 It's a harder choice than most developers realize. Until people experience problems like your above story about an image library (ImageMagick?) they often run around thinking that dependencies are a no-brainer. I'm always suspicious of every new library; I've learned to not let them into the code base easily, and to track their information and licenses carefully. But, to be fair, I'm usually working on commercial products. Paul. It’s a harder choice than most developers realize. Until people experience problems like your above story about an image library (ImageMagick?) they often run around thinking that dependencies are a no-brainer.

I’m always suspicious of every new library; I’ve learned to not let them into the code base easily, and to track their information and licenses carefully. But, to be fair, I’m usually working on commercial products.

Paul.

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