Re: inconsistency in OSD- software (#2) v. licenses/rights (every other plank)

> Jesse Hannah wrote:
>
>> version...it'd probably be better to just say "source code". Other  
>> than that, I think those clarifications you suggest are a good idea.
>
> Source code includes obfuscated source code and the results of  
> running pre-processors, like flex and yacc.  The preferred form  
> wording is intended to ensure that, for example, a parser is  
> distributed as the yacc input file, not the resulting C "source  
> code" file.
>
> If it is at all vague, it is done that way to reduce the chances of  
> people finding loopholes to allow the "source code" to be  
> distributed, but in a way that makes it difficult or impossible for  
> the recipient to produce non-trivial modifications.
>
> --
> David Woolley
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