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Re: distributing precompiled binaries



On Fri Mar 27 14:57, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 13:57 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> >[...]
> > I'm not sure that it matters what you call the mobile component, if
> > that "data file" is really some sort of program that has sources which
> > aren't usable.  How is that jar different from a PDF in this way?
>
> Unless I'm mistaken, a PDF without sources is an issue, but if the PDF
> comes with sources, this is not an issue. If you're saying the .jar is
> the same as the .pdf, then what's wrong with distributing a .jar that
> has sources?

A PDF with sources which we can't turn into the PDF is also an issue.
(i.e. shipping a frame-maker file and a PDF is not, AIUI, OK)

Matt

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