Subj : Re: Protecting your code
To   : comp.programming
From : MiniMe
Date : Sat Jul 30 2005 10:54 am

Hi Gerry

He didn't ask for anything more related to that module !
We started arguing here  whether I am or I am not skilled enough to do
or to say something. Or whether I am or I am not paranoid. It is the
same story as with my programmer. I was asking him to finish the
interface for a module but he kept asking about the others.

The same story here, I asked for an opinion on a subject (I was
looking for a solution) and I believe I described very well what I
wanted to do but I got replies on a different subject. The two people
who started this are probably suffering of the same disease as my
programmer was. They didn't have a solution but they come with an
other problem. 

Not the lack of details for the design or the missing resons for  the
first "problem" was their point but my paranoia was. So....a 2x4 was a
good solution. 

To come back on this subject Gerry I have to mention that I must make
sure that next programmer  will not be able to sell or to publish my
idea outside of his country (which will still be the same as for the
first programmer).

Digitaly signing the code or publishing the code or anything like this
would probably do it. I got a few very good replies on the PGP groups
as well. Looks like they are much more constructive there. 

Thank you and have a great weekend.
 

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:26:30 +0100, Gerry Quinn
<gerryq@DELETETHISindigo.ie> wrote:

>In article <8male1hgcmoe5nphtnvken8rd1d5p1n3n1@4ax.com>, 
>minime@uoft.com says...
>
>> PS: the country where he lives doesn't care much about copyright and
>> non disclosure whatever :-).
>
>This is a problem.
>
>If he won't finish the work, don't pay him and instead hire somebody 
>you can trust to honour an NDA.
>
>Consider first however whether it is you that is at fault - if you are 
>not a programmer how do you know you have given him all the information 
>he needs?  (I'm not saying you don't - just make sure of it.)
>
>As for securing your idea and code - the code is copyright as is your 
>released executable version.  But if the programming is the main part 
>of the product and you don't trust the programmers not to immediately 
>go into production with a clone, the only solution is to have them sign 
>an appropriate legal contract in advance, in a country where it will be 
>worth something.  (They may also be more expensive, of course...)
>
>- Gerry Quinn

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