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@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@ # satscalc A calculator to help with invoicing for Norwegian film crew members. -At first the intention was to make a simple Python script that does what I needed it to do. -However, it turns out that I don't like python that much anymore, so here we go with making it in C++. - -It's basically in a usable state now, the first proper alpha release is coming up. - -Currently, the only ruleset it follows is the one for advertisement and short-term work. -Others may be added in the future. +You put in the time you worked, and it produces a nice receipt that you can copy-paste. ## Building from source -### 🐧 Linux and (probably) MacOS 🍎 +### 🐧 Linux and MacOS 🍎 You'll need `gcc` and `make`. @@ -42,7 +36,49 @@ make windows ``` Or `make windows32` if you need a 32-bit binary. -## Disclaimer +## State of development + +It's basically in a usable state now, the first proper alpha release is coming up. + +Currently, the only ruleset implemented is the one for advertisement and short-term work. +Others may be added in the future. + +Code is not yet law, so the [source of this ruleset](https://filmforbundet.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Reklameoverenskomsten.pdf) is flawed, because it has never had to compile. +It is full of would-be unlit code paths, undefined cases and strangenesses. +On top of this, the interpreter is me, a flawed human being, and so there is no guarantee of correctness. + +However, in my flawed human opinion, I think it is pretty much on the money. + +## Known issues + +Any known issues should be solved in a way which would not anger producers nor crew. +Which is an impossibility, but I try. + +Descriptions here are a simplifications and does not fully encapsulate the solutions as implemented in the code. +Before you complain about any solution, read the code. + +The main known issue is that in practice, advertisement and short-term jobs don't usually have a defined "normal" workday, because they're by definition only a few days, often all with different crew call times. +Yet, the ruleset bases multiple rules off of this variable (which, as mentioned, oft goes undefined). +This means there is no implementation of "overtime" before the "normal" workday has started, because there is no normal. +Overtime is assumed to come beyond 8 hours after the call time. + +There is a separate host of rules for work where you're staying and sleeping on-location. +These rules are not covered. +Aside from the rule about pay on holidays, which strangely appears in this section, despite seeming to apply outside of cases where you sleep on-location. + +## License + +Copyright (C) 2022 Sander Skjegstad + +This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. -This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRENTY.\ This software does NOT give financial advice. + |