Re:There is No Such Thing as Proprietary Client-side JavaScript
by phoboslab on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @03:26PM
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Agreed. Case in point: I'm (successfully) selling a JavaScript Game Engine[1]. It's trivial to steal the code, yet I haven't had any problems with "pirates".
Of course it depends whether you're talking about a "cool blinking mouse cursor trail" or a framework that takes a bit of understanding from the people who want to use it. The former will be "pirated" far more often, just because the target demographic isn't as aware of licensing and copyright issues (or doesn't care).
Re:There is No Such Thing as Proprietary Client-side JavaScript
by MatthewPhillips on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @03:32PM
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I purchased impactjs. It's great.
Re:There is No Such Thing as Proprietary Client-side JavaScript
by tptacek on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @03:29PM
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You'd hate for this to come across as controversial, like there was a reasonable other side to the argument. How much of your code you reveal to end-users is simply orthogonal to whether it enjoys copyright protection. Code tends to be copyrighted by default.
You also state "Your code is your signature, and someone else's never can express your unique type of art. When it does happen (which it does), it is a matter of ethics, not law or government." - if licensed in a specific manner there are legal routes available as well. So whether you are the one writing the code, or you are the one taking the code this should be kept in mind.