> against someone reversing their source is because they're afraid someone will steal their ideas I was once at a startup and another company in Texas released

> against someone reversing their source is because they're afraid someone will steal their ideas I was once at a startup and another company in Texas released a product with identical typos as found in our object code. Selling that software was how I got money to pay rent and buy food to put into my food-hole, so I'm going to feel a little more sympathy for people who want to stop others from reverse-engineering their stuff.