On 8 November 2010 20:52, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is OT, but you guys have proven extremely insightful over the > years and I would love to hear what you think. > > I've been working on a particular software project for a long time. > I'd like to hire a team of developers to take over the project, but I > consider the code to be valuable and I'd like to keep the whole of it > secure, even from my own developers. I was thinking I could do this > by using some technique to obfuscate the true intention of the code > modules. Maybe a recorded series of search/replaces for variable > names which are reversed once code editing is complete? Has any > software been made available to aid in an endeavor like this?
Not an answer to your question but how are those developers going to work on your software if you obfuscate it first? Seems very counter productive. Not to mention that it seems like a perfect way to introduce bugs in your code base. Wouldn't it be much simpler to have your developers sign an NDA? In general, I would not worry too much about your idea being stolen, it's the implementation that makes it worth something. And implementing an idea takes a lot of hard work. Cheers, Hilco
