I suppose it's possible, but pretty unlikely. But let's say it does happen. I'm still the foremost expert in the world on this particular piece of software. Ch

I suppose it's possible, but pretty unlikely. But let's say it does happen. I'm still the foremost expert in the world on this particular piece of software. Chances are I can develop it faster and better than anyone else. (This isn't to say that I'm a really good coder -- I'm not. It's just that I wrote this software and understand it very well.) Now, you brought up marketing, so I suppose in this hypothetical example, someone could clone the product, rename it, and just concentrate on marketing rather than development. Well guess what.. Anyone can do that anyway even without the source code! Most web-based software is fairly easy to clone. Having the source code just makes that a little easier.