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by jorgecurio 4079 days ago
I'm worried customer will poke around in it, and decide to steal whatever is in it.

Mind you that I am literally handing over the engine wrapped in plastic.

Last thing I want is customer becoming a competitor.

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I suppose it depends on the application. Mine is in a compiled language. Hard to reverse engineer. If yours is in an interpreted language like Python, there might be a source code obfuscator that you can apply.

Do not underestimate the value of your expertise. Even if they had the source code, the chances of a paying customer becoming a competitor is low. Again, I suppose it depends on the application.