I think code is worthless once it has been created. This is because the cost of copying is zero. You can't copy a house for zero but software yes. The process

I think code is worthless once it has been created. This is because the cost of copying is zero. You can't copy a house for zero but software yes. The process of creating the code and solving all those little unseen problems is for what developers are paid. Hence selling software is so profitable. If you don't sell software, you won't make money with it. Software is not like a physical object in a our shared reality.