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Sneaky Sneaky

We have a -government- customer that wants to buy our code so they can run the program themselves. We are using some code that we consider proprietary in nature (I.E. we developed internally how to obtain results that they seek) We want to hide that or lock their ability to understand what we do, as to retain other programs with said company - but out of good grace sell a program that is obsoleting so they may run it at their pleasure.

What sort of sneaky sneaky tricks do you guys have to bury code deep?
I was thinking of a pulling the code from a text file (have never done this). But I'm also not sure how robust that can be.
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  • I don't think there's any way you can hide your code/algorithm - if PC-DMIS can run it, a human being can decode it. Period. All you can do is obscure, and that will not make any friends of that customer…

    Set the price tag to what you believe it (idea + programming + testing + verifying + profit?) is worth, and see if they'll pay.
  • Yeah, there's no doubt there. They will be made aware of the code being hidden if we do 'hide' it for that reason. On that note it has been a sensitive subject as we originally proposed a price for what you speak and we were scoffed at. Disappointed I think the better route for next time would have just been that that program is not for sale, but we were afraid of that consequence... go figure.
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  • Yeah, there's no doubt there. They will be made aware of the code being hidden if we do 'hide' it for that reason. On that note it has been a sensitive subject as we originally proposed a price for what you speak and we were scoffed at. Disappointed I think the better route for next time would have just been that that program is not for sale, but we were afraid of that consequence... go figure.
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