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What Aleynikov did was clearly slap-on-the-wrist-worthy. It's not like he took code and sold it to the highest bidder for zillions of dollars. It didn't merit d
by j_baker 12y ago
What Aleynikov did was clearly slap-on-the-wrist-worthy. It's not like he took code and sold it to the highest bidder for zillions of dollars. It didn't merit depleting his entire life's savings and (almost) sending him to jail for many years. This was clearly about more than merely the value of the code he took.
> The Court concluded that he had in fact tried to take 500,000 lines of valuable and mostly proprietary source code
I would dispute the value of the code. The code he took wasn't part of the "secret sauce". It didn't contain any of the logic for actually making High-speed trades.
- dreamweapon 12y agoI would dispute the value of the code. The code he took wasn't part of the "secret sauce". It didn't contain any of the logic for actually making High-speed trades. On what basis, may we ask? The only statements from the court that I'm aware of are those confirming that a significant amount of proprietary code (in comparison to the amount of OS code) was taken. But not as to the "value" of the copied bits, or their potential to otherwise wreak havoc.