Ask HN: How do I legally build a remote dev team?

Re:Ask HN: How do I legally build a remote dev team? by erik998 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:04AM (#13919792)

The linux kernel has so much more intellectual property to steal than your web app/phone app/sql queries. If your code is that valuable someone will buy your company. Everything out can be recreated. What can't be recreated is getting there first... Do yourself a favor, get there first, and fight to be first... All that myspace/friendster code isn't worth much if you don't get there first...and keep at it.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I legally build a remote dev team? by taway_1212 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:36PM (#13923826)

I've heard a story about SV startup (onsite) employees stealing their startup's code base and launching their own company with it. It turned out to be more successful than the original one, which eventually tanked. The owners tried going to court, but they didn't have enough proof to get a search warrant (or whatever the proper legal term is here) for their fraudulent competition.

BTW this also shows that having on-site employees is not a protection against frauds/thieves...

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Re:Ask HN: How do I legally build a remote dev team? by mherrmann on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:33AM (#13920441)

I'm developing a desktop app. Access to the source code would make it much easier to crack.

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