Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code and tools

Re:Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code... by danielheath on Friday June 11, 2021 @05:53AM (#27471211)

When I copy your secrets, you no longer have secrets - just information that someone else also has. When I copy your code, you still have the code.

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Re:Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code... by laszlokorte on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:05AM (#27471305)

before you copy my code I own [the only copy] after you steel/copy it I no longer own [the only copy]

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Re:Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code... by elb2020 on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:55AM (#27471633)

If you steal my secret code, then I no longer have secret code.

The question is whether the secrecy itself has value. I may perceive that it does, and you may conveniently perceive that it doesn't.

It's a dubious mindset, to believe that it's your own call to decide whether something should be of value to someone else.

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Re:Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code... by ClumsyPilot on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:03AM (#27471286)

They are still secrets so long as you dont go punlish them but use them yourself

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Re:Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code... by EvilEy3 on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:27AM (#27474631)

Code is worthless on it's own.

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