Re: transformations of 'source code'

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:

> Nevertheless, it's the most important metric for many of the edge cases
> under consideration.  Questions of intent can only be resolved with
> difficulty, and it's possible a judge may come to the wrong conclusion;
> but I think any other framing of the requirement results in a license
> that would in some cases *require* a judge to find for the "wrong" party.

I agree that intent is a very useful metric.  It's wrong to say that
it's only "resolved with difficulty", instead, it's regularly proved
in the criminal courts every day.