On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:06:04 -0500 Engineering Department writes: > > >>> One handy hint that has swung one legal case I know of.... Build in >>> some hidden functionality to the product - some bizarre combination >of >>> buttons or whatever that performs no useful function and will not >be >>> found by accident. >>> This provides a very easy way to prove that a rival product uses >>> ripped-off code. > Another clever method I've seen for tracing the origin of source code is to look at how the white space is generated. It is typically a combination of tabs and spaces, but it is unlikely that someone writing the code from scratch would end up with the same white space, even if the resulting code is "the only" or "the most efficient" way of performing some task. Harold Harold Hallikainen harold@hallikainen.com Hallikainen & Friends, Inc. See the FCC Rules at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules and comments filed in LPFM proceeding at http://hallikainen.com/lpfm ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]