That's the thing though: I do think the code that I write is fairly worthless. I do custom programming for a small company. The work I do is a competitive advan

That's the thing though: I do think the code that I write is fairly worthless. I do custom programming for a small company. The work I do is a competitive advantage for them, but it is so specific to them that even if I were to, say, get approval to open source the whole lot, they wouldn't lose a penny, nor would their competitors really gain anything. The value isn't in the IP, the value is in the fact that it enables them to get their work done quicker and better and be more responsive to their clients. The code isn't the key part: the value is the fact that I can take complex and changing requirements and build them a one-off tool that does exactly what they want. The code will be gone in five years, probably ten, as business needs will change.