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coke12
on Oct 17, 2015
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Privacy is a reasonable thing to expect in basically all business transactions, regardless of whether it's listed specifically in a contract. Firms that want to maintain good relations with the startup community want to be seen as trustworthy.
jsprogrammer
on Oct 17, 2015
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I'm reading lots of justification, but no reason for why the secrecy is desired.
oldmanjay
on Oct 18, 2015
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Competitive advantage is the reason for secrecy.
jsprogrammer
on Oct 18, 2015
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Interesting. Do you know of any ways to compute the competitive advantage of holding a given secret?
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