Bill, Monday, April 9, 2012, 9:07:27 AM, you wrote:
BW> Hi Ralph, BW> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Ralph Shnelvar <ral...@dos32.com> wrote: >> So how can I protect the RoR code? BW> The only real protection available for software today, whether it's BW> fully visible as in RoR or compiled, is via licensing. Read the BW> license on pretty much any piece of packaged software you've bought in BW> the last 15 years and you'll see that you agree by opening the package BW> not to reverse-engineer or assist anyone else in reverse-engineering BW> or to use knowledge gained by using the product to develop a competing BW> product, etc.... BW> The way this works in the US market is based on what's called, iirc, BW> 'primacy of claims.' (I am not a lawyer, but recommend that you get BW> yourself one if you're really concerned about this). Business BW> contracts have a higher priority in our courts than patent, copyright, BW> or other IP. The really good news for software developers is that BW> violations of business contracts are *much* easier and cheaper to both BW> create and prosecute than IP violations. You don't have to prove they BW> stole your code. You just have to show they violated the contract. BW> Get yourself a good business contract lawyer. BW> HTH, BW> Bill Contracts are as good as the people who sign them. Now is there a technological way rather than a legal way to protect code? Can I write a web service that all these web sites (with different domain names) would have to get their stuff from? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
