Having read the whole thread through, I think you both (pine & LouisCyphre) do make some very good points. Pine, you are looking out for vendor's operational security, and LouisCyphre, you are looking to make vendor's lives a little more convenient by selling them a digital good. Security Vs. Convenience. As has been proven many, many times in the past the two are on opposite ends of the spectrum, and usually for good reason.I can completely understand LouisCyphre's reluctance to release the code without somebody paying for it; it would essentially be releasing his work for all and sundry to use without paying him for it. This is an agorist marketplace, and he is under no obligation to release the code in order to sell his product. Those who wish to buy it and check the code for anything malicious are free to do so.I can also completely understand pine's insistence that the code be released and checked before it is implemented by anyone; this is good security practice, but the fact that this is a product that is for sale by a registered vendor on an agorist marketplace makes this request more than a little unreasonable. People are free to buy and sell any product they wish here, as long as it is not on the restricted items list, including items such as the one that is the subject of this debate and baseless accusation.Yes, warn vendors to go through the code with a fine-tooth comb should they purchase this item, but that's something that they should be doing anyway with anything that could potentially compromise them. It would do no harm to anyone to post this recommendation, but your statement will likely harm LouisCyphre's business prospects and damage his good reputation in the community. This is essentially slander.Declaring LouisCyphre as "our resident LE Agent" is incredibly rash of you pine, and defamatory in the extreme; in the interest of fairness I would ask that the thread title be amended to reflect the fact that there is absolutely no evidence to back up this accusation.You may assert that because he won't release the source code that he must be LE, or malicious in the extreme, but there is absolutely no logic in that at all. He's a creator of a digital item that he wishes to sell on an agorist marketplace, to anybody who wishes to buy it. He is allowed to do that, and has a right to do it without prejudice.Asserting that he has malicious intent before you've seen the code is outrageous. Whilst I can see where you're coming from and how you arrived at the conclusion that you did, if you feel there is something malicious in what LouisCyphre is offering you are free to purchase it and review the code yourself for peace of mind - just like anybody else.If you've seen my previous posts you'll know that I'm not one to take sides in an argument. I try to be as neutral as possible, view things objectively and attempt to do so logically.There have been a lot of unfounded accusations thrown around these forums lately by quite a large number of people; many of these accusations are based on pure conjecture, and that is also the case here as there is no evidence to suggest or back up your claims that LouisCyphre is LE.If you purchase the code and it does have malicious intent, you can stand behind your claim with proof.Whilst it is of course possible that the copy you receive may be different than everybody else's, it is terribly foolish to make claims based on pure conjecture, especially claims as serious as this.- grahamgreene