@martenfur I would only want the NDA when discussing with the software developer. I do not want someone else to take my idea, even if it goes nowhere, I would rather be protected and make nothing out of it, then not protected and next thing you know they sell the software to someone for millions.
I always ensure I am legally protected.

@sdetweil I will email you.

@martenfur I can file a patent if i wish. I can do whatever I would like to do if i wish to do it.
I came here to look for a software developer to potentially help me, but I had to take care of the legal side first, thats why I asked these questions here, If your answers are going to be of no help, then why even respond.

I asked a question that was all.

@martenfur if i have someone create the software, it will likely be something that companies want, but I do not have the software or the knowledge to make it.

@martenfur I would only want the NDA when discussing with the software developer. I do not want someone else to take my idea, even if it goes nowhere, I would rather be protected and make nothing out of it, then not protected and next thing you know they sell the software to someone for millions.
I always ensure I am legally protected.

@sdetweil got it, I have spoken with an attorney about what is needed for my software. I would need an NDA and potentially a service agreement, i just was not sure if i could copyright the changes we made to the already made software.

I just did not want to pay someone to start from scratch as they all say it would most likely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

First off I have like a million questions, but I guess I will start with, If i needed someones help like a software developer to help me create things for the mirror, do we need a NDA in order to protect my idea?

Can something like this be copywritten given that this is open source?

I have a few ideas for features but I do not know how to code or do any kind of software, but if we use the open source and create our new codes, can we still copyright the new codes?

Or in order for us to copyright we would need to start from scratch?

That is very expensive to start from scratch so I figured it would be easier to start with the software that is already here and enhance it or make changes to it.

but unsure how that works legally since it is open source.

Thank you.