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		<title>APIs, Trade Secrets and Law Suits: one of these things is best avoided</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Labach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Takeaway If you want your code to be protected by trade secret law, keep it a secret.  There are times when you need to share ideas and design with third parties in order to integrate your systems, look to a strong contract to protect your ideas because the more you give away voluntarily, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theissueslist.com&#038;blog=23564625&#038;post=122&#038;subd=theissueslist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Developer Tips: Code Smart to Protect Your Copyright</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 21:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Labach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[tl;dr Make sure diagnostic tools are written as stand-alone modules so that they can be protected by copyright.  Trade secrets need to be kept secret, maintenance passwords can do this if your application is at your customer&#8217;s site. The Details There are two main ways for a software developer to stop his customer from using [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theissueslist.com&#038;blog=23564625&#038;post=142&#038;subd=theissueslist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Licensing &#8211; what&#8217;s the danger?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Labach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Takeaway As it is with every other aspect of your business, using a third-party to supply anything is a risk.  Open source software is no different, you need to know what you are getting into before you start using it.  Be aware of licenses that require you to open source anything you produce that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theissueslist.com&#038;blog=23564625&#038;post=135&#038;subd=theissueslist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Traps with Letters of Intent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Labach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Takeaway The title of a document doesn&#8217;t matter: an agreement is an agreement.  It isn&#8217;t uncommon for a &#8220;Letter of Intent&#8221; to have binding provisions.  Some of these, like confidentiality or a duty to act in good faith, are normal and within the spirit of a Letter of Intent.  But you will see binding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theissueslist.com&#038;blog=23564625&#038;post=113&#038;subd=theissueslist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Do I Need from the Cloud?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Labach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Takeaway Availability, availability, availability.  If you&#8217;re going to focus on one issue, AVAILABILITY is key.   The promise of quick, easy, cheap access to software and services in the cloud is coming true.  But if your system isn&#8217;t available, it&#8217;s useless.  If you have a little time to think about other things, think about security [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theissueslist.com&#038;blog=23564625&#038;post=108&#038;subd=theissueslist&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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