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Re:Would you (do you?) trust your company's source code to g... by fnid on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @05:28PM (#936474)
No. I obfuscate it all before I upload it. Call me paranoid. Not only is it a risk to have the code compromised, but if sufficient steps aren't taken to control access to trade secrets, then they can't be called trade secrets. IP has value.
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Re:Would you (do you?) trust your company's source code to g... by tptacek on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @05:45PM (#936514)
I've never heard of someone losing trade secret protections because the security of their hosting provider was compromised. Have you?
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Re:Would you (do you?) trust your company's source code to g... by fnid on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @05:52PM (#936527)
No, but it is necessary to show that every effort has been made to protect the trade secrets and obfuscating code is one step in that direction.

I am no lawyer, but that's what the lawyers told me.

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