To me, it sounds as if Dave had a client who wants to mass-produce a chip
with Dave's software, and thus may want the source. E.g. for their own
quality assurance.

I guess there isn't an easy way to deal with this. One possibility would be
not to give them the source, but directly to th chip manufacturer (if they
buy them already pre-programmed). In any case, some more info about the
exact concerns would help.

ge

At 18:41 1/07/2002 +0800, SM Ling wrote:
>It is not clear is the product a hardware chip, or somekind of source-code.
>I assume it is chip.  So what is the reason for providing the source code?
>Wouldn't having a protection defeat the purpose of supplying the source
>code?
>
>Cheers, Ling SM
>
> > I have a client, overseas, interested in some software.
> > I am going to send him some sample chips, and I am confident that this
>will
> > be ok, but assuming he likes the product, he is going to want source.
> >
> > Is there any real precaution I can take to keep from getting ripped off
>again?
> > Lawsuits are not workable, afaik.
> >
> > I am looking for any mechanisms you might have used in a similar
>situation,
> > or pointers.
>
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