Subj : Re: Protecting your code
To   : comp.programming
From : Jon Harrop
Date : Sat Jul 30 2005 05:10 am

Giannis Papadopoulos wrote:
> You could publish it under an open-source license. Once it is published,
> nobody can steal your code.

Quite the contrary - people can then easily steal your code.

> If she/he does, she/he may face legal consequences...

IMHO, publishing your code makes it _more_ likely that it will be stolen in
practice. If possible, I'd recommend limiting access to the code.
Publishing open-source software that is useful could be good as long as you
leverage it to get publicity and continue to develop it so that people will
come back to you rather that going to whoever has developed it further. If
the code is non-trivial then it is highly likely that nobody will develop
it anyway.

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
http://www.ffconsultancy.com

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