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99.9999999% of software written is not published, it’s covered by trade secret law. Copyright only applies to published works. Look into what happens legally wh
by cobbzilla 1y ago
99.9999999% of software written is not published, it’s covered by trade secret law. Copyright only applies to published works. Look into what happens legally when source code is leaked and published.
- graemep 1y agoits covered by trade secret and copyright. Software can simultaneously be covered by copyright, trade secret and patents. The patents have to disclose some info, of course. Even when distributed you can distribute just the binary, and keep the source a trade secret.
- sidewndr46 1y agoIf copyright applies only to my published works, this would mean as long as you steal my laptop you now own the works on it. I'm certainly not publishing my diaries on the internet. This has not been true for a very long time.