Commercial Programming

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.8233.1153056310.27775.python-list at python.org>,
Ben Finney  <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>"Boomshiki" <RayLang at gmail.com> writes:
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>> I am aware that someone can recreate what we have done, but for them
>> to cut, paste, sell is kind of a rip off.
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>Unless you factor that into your business model, and create compelling
>value that doesn't depend on the secrecy of something you place under
>the customer's control.
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Yes; source code in isolation is almost hilariously low in value,
in general.  While I'm quite scrupulous about preservation of
trade secrets, I can attest that programmers are wont to inflate
the ... unique merit of source.