contract-law software
Does binary code need legal protection?
<p>Firstly, sorry if this is not the right tag.</p>

<p>I have recently come in contact with a person through social media and we are discussing a business opportunity.</p>

<p>This person is working in networking and cloud business with algorithms. The main discussion was if I could modify an algorithm that I wrote and made publicly available under LGPL several years ago, to run on a different platform. That is something I've done and I keep the modified version of the code private at the moment.</p>

<p>Now for the legal matters, for our discussion to go further I would need to share the compiled code for testing and if it is approved after testing, then I would be asked to share my source code with the person and his company.</p>

<p>Long story short...</p>

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<li>What is the best way to deal with sharing compiled binaries? (Do I need some form of agreement or contract?)</li>
<li>How can I protect myself when sharing the code later? (I bet some contract...?)</li>
</ol>

<p>Regards</p>

<p>Code is protected by copyright - it doesn't matter the language that it is written in.</p>

<p>That said, you clearly need a contract if you are conducting a business relationship.</p>
