Re: Re[2]: [Rails] Protecting code of cookie cutter web sites

2012-04-09 Thread Bill Walton
Hi Ralph, On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Ralph Shnelvar wrote: > Now is there a technological way rather than a legal way to protect code? Other than a SaaS offering, I do not know of, and am unable to imagine, one. Once the code is out of your physical control, the only real protection is

Re[2]: [Rails] Protecting code of cookie cutter web sites

2012-04-09 Thread Ralph Shnelvar
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 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.

Re: Re[2]: [Rails] Protecting code of cookie cutter web sites

2012-04-09 Thread Martin Wawrusch
Don't sell the website, sell the service. Charge XX per month, automate the hosting aspect of it (you can easily do this with heroku for example). Take a look at shopify.com. On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Ralph Shnelvar wrote: > Colin, > > Monday, April 9, 2012, 8:54:21 AM, you wrote: > > CL>

Re[2]: [Rails] Protecting code of cookie cutter web sites

2012-04-09 Thread Ralph Shnelvar
Colin, Monday, April 9, 2012, 8:54:21 AM, you wrote: CL> On 9 April 2012 15:44, Ralph Shnelvar wrote: >> I want to develop code for web sites that I want to sell into a niche market. >> >> So how can I protect the RoR code? >> >> So let's say that I have two websites: www.sample-x.com and www.sa