Subj : Re: Protecting your code
To   : comp.programming
From : Scott Moore
Date : Tue Aug 02 2005 12:50 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.
> 
> MiniMe

If you are hiring a Russian programmer, then the risk that the source code
will be distributed is there. But that risk is far from zero in the USA
as well.

You get the work copyrighted, you have the programmer specifically sign
it over to you, and stop worrying about distribution in third world countries.
its going to happen, there is nothing you can do about it.

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