Re: [SPAM] Re: Installing Intel Fortran Compiler

[Adam Stiles <adam@priceengines.co.uk>]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 22:47, Jo Shields wrote:
> IFort 9.1
>
> Ingredients:
> libm.so.6
> libpthread.so.0
> libgcc_s.so.1
> libc.so.6
> ld-linux.so.2
> ELF 32-bit LSB executable (70% by volume)

And that "ELF 32-bit LSB executable" could be doing *anything*.  It could be 
uploading your life history to some stranger, it could be downloading things 
you'd rather not have on your computer.  And you wouldn't know any of this 
because they won't let you look inside.

If the makers of software were honest, they would have no reason to object to 
you seeing inside it.  Look at the licences for certain commercial encryption 
software:  you're allowed to inspect the source, just not to distribute 
copies.

IMHO, the right to inspect source code is fundamental and springs from 
administratorship of the computer upon which the code is to be executed.

-- 
AJS