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Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG



On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:29:19 -0400 Glenn Maynard wrote:

> You seem to be arguing that "preferred form for modification" is a
> poor definition of "source" based on the fact that it doesn't permit
> passing off obfuscated code (such as, perhaps, nVidia's) as "source",
> and that seems to me to be one of its strengths.

Agreed: that is a *feature* of the "preferred form for modification"
definition of source, not a *bug*!

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