Jason Antic

This has totally been my experience. I have lots of internet points! Not so much the money relative to what people seem to think lol :P I'm taking a salary that's less than what I was making at my previous job (which wasn't spectacular for software).

You're both claiming that MyHeritage would break the law and risk their company's standing just to rip off your code. I think that's a mistaken view. It's not idealism to say so.

Not that. There's the rest of the world that can repackage and resell the work and the burden would be on me to prove it with my invisible army of lawyers.

Why not that? MyHeritage is a perfect example of why your concern is misplaced. You have what they want. They're a big company who won't risk their reputation for a little revenue. And yet when that example comes along which shows that the view is mistaken, it's "not that." Hm.

I'm not evading your point. I'm saying somebody else could easily repackage and sell to MyHeritage. The burden would be on me to prove the reseller is in the wrong. Good luck on that, me.

But you're the one everyone knows made DeOldify. Why would MyHeritage want some repackaged knockoff when they could get the real thing? What you're describing here – how often does it happen, really? Can you point to some examples?

It's this: Can I actually afford the problem if it happens? Is it a risk I can actually take? No I don't have a crystal ball and don't have stats to "prove" how the future will go. But I do know there's a lot of bending and breaking the law going on regularly.

Parents can't afford if someone kidnaps their child. Do most parents spend time obsessing over that possibility? If yes, do you think that's a healthy thing? A reasonable concern? After all, it happens. Why not be concerned it will happen to our kids?