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starting a business/web site, how to protect code ?

surf

8/15/2006 1:33:00 AM


I have been working on some code for a dateing service in Ruby/Rails.
I have talked to a guy who might be interested in being a business
partner as I m not sure I can do everything on my own or that I want
to. I would like some help with content/graphics/advertising and so on.
What I had wondered is how can I try to prevent someone whom I might
work with from stealing my code ? I'm not sure there is a good solution
that won't cost allot of money.
5 Answers

Francis Cianfrocca

8/15/2006 1:51:00 AM

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On 8/14/06, surf <surfunbear@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have been working on some code for a dateing service in Ruby/Rails.
> I have talked to a guy who might be interested in being a business
> partner as I m not sure I can do everything on my own or that I want
> to. I would like some help with content/graphics/advertising and so on.
> What I had wondered is how can I try to prevent someone whom I might
> work with from stealing my code ? I'm not sure there is a good solution
> that won't cost allot of money.
>
>
>

Aren't you going to run it on your own servers?

Dido Sevilla

8/15/2006 4:49:00 AM

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On 8/15/06, surf <surfunbear@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have been working on some code for a dateing service in Ruby/Rails.
> I have talked to a guy who might be interested in being a business
> partner as I m not sure I can do everything on my own or that I want
> to. I would like some help with content/graphics/advertising and so on.
> What I had wondered is how can I try to prevent someone whom I might
> work with from stealing my code ? I'm not sure there is a good solution
> that won't cost allot of money.

Have them sign a non-disclosure agreement. That's the easiest, most
reliable, and most effective route. Anything else is pissing in the
wind. Binary code is no defense against reverse engineering, and it
certainly isn't a defense against unauthorized copying. Don't go
looking for technological solutions to what is essentially a legal
problem. Hire a good lawyer.

Rene Paulokat

8/15/2006 10:21:00 AM

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On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 06:33:01PM -0700, surf wrote:
>
> I have been working on some code for a dateing service in Ruby/Rails.
> I have talked to a guy who might be interested in being a business
> partner as I m not sure I can do everything on my own or that I want
> to. I would like some help with content/graphics/advertising and so on.
> What I had wondered is how can I try to prevent someone whom I might
> work with from stealing my code ? I'm not sure there is a good solution
> that won't cost allot of money.

well - most efficient way is to GPL your code.
this solution should be mentioned.
:)

greetings
rene

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surf

8/18/2006 3:59:00 PM

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Francis Cianfrocca wrote:
> On 8/14/06, surf <surfunbear@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have been working on some code for a dateing service in Ruby/Rails.
> > I have talked to a guy who might be interested in being a business
> > partner as I m not sure I can do everything on my own or that I want
> > to. I would like some help with content/graphics/advertising and so on.
> > What I had wondered is how can I try to prevent someone whom I might
> > work with from stealing my code ? I'm not sure there is a good solution
> > that won't cost allot of money.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Aren't you going to run it on your own servers?

I'd like to, but I have to see how many people will go on the site and
if it can generate revenue. The first so many people will get on free.
I have been writing code, but still have a ways to go and I think I
need to study up on some ajax stuff as well. I'd had the idea at some
point I could try to get investors, but this is all new to me.

Francis Cianfrocca

8/18/2006 4:51:00 PM

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On 8/18/06, surf <surfunbear@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd like to, but I have to see how many people will go on the site and
> if it can generate revenue.

This isn't a site to get business advice, but a potential investor
will ask you three questions, and all of them have one-clause answers:
1) What are you selling? 2) Why would anyone care about it? 3) What
makes you different from the twenty other people who have pitched me
the same idea?