Comment Some possible advice. (Score 1) 21
It is rather hard to give advice about a situation like this. It is definately much harder to be in the situation, but at the same time it is hard to think of solutions to things like this. It is very risky.
One possible solution, as some have already suggested, is to try to help the independent author anonymously. However, there is still the risk of getting caught.
Here is an idea or two to help out. When you sign up for the email account at yahoo or hotmail or any service like that you will, of course, want to sign up using fake information. However, you might want to increace the level of false information you give. On a day off, drive to a different city far away and use an internet cafe to send the information. This way they cannot even trace the IP back to the city you live in. While at home make notes on where the company is continuing to use the code and send the developer the information. Be an informant in a sense.
However, if you are caught you risk violating any NDA's you may have signed. This could leave you wide open to litigation and lawsuits, depending on the terms. If you decide to take an approach similar to this one, you have to be prepared for being caught.
One possible solution, as some have already suggested, is to try to help the independent author anonymously. However, there is still the risk of getting caught.
Here is an idea or two to help out. When you sign up for the email account at yahoo or hotmail or any service like that you will, of course, want to sign up using fake information. However, you might want to increace the level of false information you give. On a day off, drive to a different city far away and use an internet cafe to send the information. This way they cannot even trace the IP back to the city you live in. While at home make notes on where the company is continuing to use the code and send the developer the information. Be an informant in a sense.
However, if you are caught you risk violating any NDA's you may have signed. This could leave you wide open to litigation and lawsuits, depending on the terms. If you decide to take an approach similar to this one, you have to be prepared for being caught.
