# Has anyone run your julia code on a cloud server?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [August 23, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-run-your-julia-code-on-a-cloud-server/13972 "2018-08-23T23:07:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![LeoK987](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/leok987/32/4880_2.png) [@LeoK987](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeoK987)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-run-your-julia-code-on-a-cloud-server/13972/1 "2018-08-23T23:07:56Z")

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Do you run it with the source code there? Are you concerned about losing your code? Seems like julia code can not be compiled easily, what can you do when you need to distribute your program?

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-run-your-julia-code-on-a-cloud-server/13972/2 "2018-08-24T06:01:57Z")

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> [@LeoK987](#):
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> Are you concerned about losing your code?

Not really, I have it on my local machine, and various backups.

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**Author:** ![LeoK987](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/leok987/32/4880_2.png) [@LeoK987](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeoK987)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-run-your-julia-code-on-a-cloud-server/13972/3 "2018-08-24T07:15:52Z")

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Sorry, I didn’t mean being concerned about the code being erased. I asking about it being stolen.

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-run-your-julia-code-on-a-cloud-server/13972/4 "2018-08-24T07:30:04Z")

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If you have intellectual property that is very valuable, then general considerations (that are not Julia specific) apply: I guess you should check the terms of service of your cloud provider (and then consult your lawyer) and, in parallel, hire a IT security expert.

Distributing a binary is pretty much an orthogonal concern. A determined attacker can always reverse-engineer your algorithm. Nowadays software that embodies valuable intellectual property is usually delivered as a service, not as a binary.