You've just demonstrated that our society is insane (at least in this case). If we were not crazy, what harm could such a copy possibly do ? None. You effect

You've just demonstrated that our society is insane (at least in this case). If we were not crazy, what harm could such a copy possibly do ? None. You effectively (though unwillingly) donated your knowledge to the world. You deserve even more than if you kept your code secret. But. By "donating", you lost leverage. You can no longer threaten people with not giving them what they want if they don't pay you. This is by the way the problem with basically everything: making something abundant will add actual value, while at the same time destroying market value. It is most visible with Free Software, (vs Proprietary Software), but applies to anything. Say for instance that we could copy food the way we copy software. Conclusion: our society in general (and the market in particular), is very poor at valuing things in the face of abundance. Somehow it needs scarcity. Paraphrasing In Time, "For a few to be wealthy, many must starve". I don't have a solution, but this is nuts.