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Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got licensed by The Atlantic

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976 points brgross | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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echoangle ◴[08 Apr 25 16:11 UTC] No.43623377[source]▶
What would have happened if they just implemented the same principle themselves? I’m assuming there’s no patent?
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snarf21 ◴[08 Apr 25 17:35 UTC] No.43624354[source]▶
These puzzles need to be handcrafted and a UI built. So they could hire other people to do it or hire the person who already has it done and start monetizing immediately.
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1. TrueGeek ◴[08 Apr 25 18:24 UTC] No.43624914[source]▶
I sold an app once to a company in the same situation. Neither one of us had sold / bought an app before so they asked me how many hours it took to write and what my hourly rate was. Then they offered half the number I quoted, which I thought was fair.

They paid a lot less than it would have cost to rewrite and I made a lot more than if I had just kept it as a free hobby app.