lestertj

I agree. There seems to be two interpretations of "simple" - simple in being concise like that of a beautiful mathematical equation, or simple in being easy to follow and understand. I assume the latter is preferable when factoring in having other pairs of eyes reading/maintaining your code, especially since the latter does not always imply less efficient code

> this company did not want to play fair and it was clear that they wanted to copy

Were there other signs they wanted to copy besides "asked for the source code and they wanted it all the time they needed to study it by themselves"? I'm curious about the red flags to look out for when negotiating such deals