Subj : Re: Protecting your code
To   : comp.programming
From : bhoover@wecs.com
Date : Fri Jul 29 2005 06:34 pm

MiniMe wrote:
> 
> Very usefull observations.
> I considered myself the websolution and it is feasable.
> 
> My real problem is this: I am not programmer and I intend to pay
> somebody to write the code. I am not entirely uneducated in the
> programming field but I don't do this for living. The idea that I have
> is a good one I consider and I want to protect it. I tried not to make
> much case of this but i detected some increased interest coming from
> my programmer on the direction of havig the whole design in advance.
> 
> The application is modular and they don't need to know the whole
> concept in order to write the code for this. Basically it is interface
> for some already existing public domain applications and some
> conectors which will transform these apps in addons to major
> applications already on the market.
> 
> So how do I protect my idea and my code from stealing by my very own
> programmers ?
> 
>  I am not being paranoid here but  I had to stop working with my
> programmer because with no reasons he was pushing me to provide him
> the whole concept.

Just .02, but I'd say maybe your programmer just wanted to know the big
picture -- perhaps a neccessary condition for stealing your concept, but
not sufficient condition for it.  Maybe neccessary, and sufficient for
seeing the big picture though -- and a mark of a good programmer, and/or
designer.  Personally, I'd probably be trying to figure out what you
were trying to hide (and maybe why your eyes were so shifty :)).

Bryan

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