Yes but there are probably lots of code blocks that are used throughout their entire software line. Like how they establish secure connections between the client software and the update server.
At this point Symantec has probably come to the conclusion that their source code is compromised. I don't think it’s possible for them to assume that anon won't use the source for themselves. The whole thing is a sting operation. If it wasn’t then Symantec’s future is dependent on an agreement that has no way of being verified. Anon probably knows this too and there just having a laugh.
I think this has to do with large companies resenting the fact open source developers spend their time making a free eco system better instead of improving their own frameworks for free.
I understand that JavaScript has its limitations, and Google tried to address this with their own language Dart. But this boils down to, you have a 100 billion dollar company serving 1 billion searches a day so you have different scalability issues than I do. But that’s not my problem.
With the current technologies like Node, MongoDB, Reids, etc… I can build a 1 billion dollar startup without the same scalability issues that a 100 billion dollar company has.
I would be quite happy to have a these scalability issues once I have a 100 billion dollar company then it will be my problem. But until then, getting a start-up up and running is ridiculously hard, the last thing I need is companies generating truckloads of cash putting their development issues on to open source developers.
Unfortunately this seems to be common in the UK. If you go to http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk they do the same thing. When you add a laptop to your basket they add a “Restore and Recovery Disk” to your order for £15 (~$24) even though laptops come with this CD sealed in the box or you can create it from an image file on the laptop. When I questioned them via telephone they quickly backed off and took it off the order.
Unfortunately this seems to be common in the UK. If you go to Laptopsdirect co uk they do the same thing. When you add a laptop to your basket they add a “Restore and Recovery Disk” to your order for £15 (~$24) even though laptops come with this CD sealed in the box or you can create it from an image file on the laptop. When I questioned them via telephone they quickly backed off and took it off the order.