[tptacek]

Would you (do you?) trust your company's source code to Rackspace/Slicehost/Linode?

They're equally likely to suffer the kind of failure that would directly expose your code.

[turbinemonkey]

But far, far less likely to be the target of anyone looking to acquire an absolute ass-load of proprietary source code (and github is probably the largest concentration of it today).

(Just trying to continue to run the skeptic's argument, here. I agree with the point quite a bit.)

[artsrc]

Maybe it you should hope that some rich company does use the exposed source code, and then sue them for all they are worth. Make sure there is a copyright notice so the legal situation of the code is clear.

Just because you can play a CD does not mean you can make a fortune on covers without permission.

[fnid]

No. I obfuscate it all before I upload it. Call me paranoid. Not only is it a risk to have the code compromised, but if sufficient steps aren't taken to control access to trade secrets, then they can't be called trade secrets. IP has value.

[tptacek]

I've never heard of someone losing trade secret protections because the security of their hosting provider was compromised. Have you?

[fnid]

No, but it is necessary to show that every effort has been made to protect the trade secrets and obfuscating code is one step in that direction.

I am no lawyer, but that's what the lawyers told me.