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Comment by whitemary

3 years ago

"New product" is a distinction without a difference. Literally all software development efforts are in the interest of "new products" depending on your definition of "new product."

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rcme  3 years ago

How is fixing a bug in the interest of a new product?

  • ajmurmann  3 years ago

    Leaving arguments about new patch releases out, how could we practically track this? Would every engineer log the time they work and track feature work separately from bug fixes?

    • paulddraper  3 years ago

      There are already tax credits available to "new development" that doesn't include fixes.

      So this isn't a new thing to track

  • oldmanhorton  3 years ago

    It's a bit strained, but car or TV companies often put out a new model that's identical to the old model +- some but fixes. There's a line somewhere but the law does not specify the line, it seems

    • crazygringo  3 years ago

      Exactly. v4.2.34 is a new product compared to v4.2.33.

      Not defending this, but in the eyes of the law there's no distinction between new products and features and bug fixes.

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