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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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  • What do you consider "proprietary in nature"? I've had customers ask for the program in the past, but there are lines of code that useless to them (CMM logs for calculating run time, File Writes for importing to our check sheet system, DataPage code, etc), so I axe those out and leave the main code intact. IMHO, if you're trying to hide something from the customer because you're taking a shortcut to "make parts in spec", you are setting yourself up for failure and potentially a lawsuit if the component fails and causes an injury or fatality.
  • I get it. I do small radii in the same fashion. I was gearing towards "cheating the standard" to get a part to show in spec.
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