If that's the case, you might want to release your code as an online service. Also - keep in mind that "Legal advice" isn't necessarily "Business advice". Lawy

If that's the case, you might want to release your code as an online service. Also - keep in mind that "Legal advice" isn't necessarily "Business advice". Lawyers can't tell you how to make money, or how to build a business that survives even when people compete with you. They'll tell you how to try to prevent competition, or protect IP, but they won't tell you how to be a market leader. As for BigCorp copying your inventions - that can obviously happen. But it's also very likely that if you can solve a problem that BigCorp is failing at, they'll simply give you an M&A offer.