On Mon, 15 May 2000 07:38:54 -0400 Chris Eddy <ceddy@NB.NET> writes:
> Oh, that is VERY good.   Gives me chills.  I think I will use that
> some time in the
> future.
>
> That is similar to a protection scheme that I heard sometime ago,
> probably on the
> list..
>
> Hide a special key sequence in your menu system.  If the competitor
> steals your
> code, then you can call in your trump card right there in front of
> the jury.
>

        Something like this has been used to demonstrate theft of source code.
There may indeed be only one way to code a particular algorithm, but it
can be shown that it was stolen, not independently derived, by analysis
of the white space in the source code (the particular combination of tabs
and spaces).

Harold


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