The effort it would take to reverse engineer my code is the same as the effort it took me to reverse engineer the Windows code in the first place, to allow me to extend it in the way that I have. not against people putting in the effort and learning for themselves. I'm against people making a quick buck by downloading my source code and getting a ready-to-use framework to build on.
I have been approached by backup companies (for "universal restore"/"bare-metal restore") who wanted to license this tech for free and have had source code stolen and being resold by "competitors."
I think that should clear up my concerns.
EDIT:
Read your update, and completely concur. There are people in the open source world that can do crazy, impressive, and amazing things. People like that, I can and do respect. I've shared my code with a few others before, and someone like that I wouldn't hesitate to say yes to. But to let it out in the wild..... it's just too hard for me.
I have been approached by backup companies (for "universal restore"/"bare-metal restore") who wanted to license this tech for free and have had source code stolen and being resold by "competitors."
I think that should clear up my concerns.
EDIT:
Read your update, and completely concur. There are people in the open source world that can do crazy, impressive, and amazing things. People like that, I can and do respect. I've shared my code with a few others before, and someone like that I wouldn't hesitate to say yes to. But to let it out in the wild..... it's just too hard for me.