Your source code, for sale

[Michael_Heyman at McAfee.com]

> From: owner-cryptography at metzdowd.com
> [mailto:owner-cryptography at metzdowd.com] On Behalf Of Finney, Hal (CR)
>
> [SNIP discussion on ripping cash]
>
> The problem is that if the source code you are purchasing is
> bogus, or if the other side doesn't come through, you're
> screwed because you've lost the value of the torn cash.  The
> other side doesn't gain anything by this fraud, but they harm
> you, and if they are malicious that might be enough.
>
Quick fix for seller incentive: the seller rips some amount of their own
cash in such a way that they cannot recover it unless the buyer provides
the remainder of the buyer's ripped cash.

-Michael Heyman