[AndreT]

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Originally Posted by Danny. On another note: you have a really bad developers team / script storage system if these files leaked AGAIN. Maybe they have to consider fixing the leaking sewage-pipe first before cleaning all the poo off the walls.

I've given this some thought before and it sounds like it is quite inevitable. Can be avoided by having a great community-driven team on your server. As soon as money becomes involved (I'm talking all this real life money shop feature this server has, etc.), relations tend to get unstable in the leading team. No matter what the money is intended for, either server bills or Friday night at the pub, stuff will get f**ked.

In the Internet world evolving around SA-MP, I don't see this avoided in any way other than working alone, avoiding the monetizing pitfall or drafting up and having your coders sign contracts which, taking into consideration the laws of whichever countries involved, would mean the right to legally pursue a fee once the coder leaks the code. Of course the latter is something I have not seen in practice and if someone was to pull that contract requirement on me while I'd just want to code (for free) for a community, I'd be scared and rather not participate. Even with the contract in place, given the difficulties of enforcing it if something goes wrong, I think any developer in charge of a server is better off developing their code on their own.

As to extra reasons why certain code is better off developed by only one developer... there are a few I'd name regarding coding styles, efficiency, design ideas and principles. Honestly I have not once seen a SA-MP server team constructing a long-term team of developers that works as a one cohesive unit.

So a protip for any future 1000/1000 player server owner reading this: have me work out your contracts if you're rich OR work on your gamemode "core" code yourself (why not let others do some of the dirty work). Let others do stuff like graphics, videos, media, SEO, advertising, website setup, website coding, etc - bad guys are less interested in this stuff if your community name is all over it.