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Re: Compiled files without sources????

From: Tim Cross

Subject: Re: Compiled files without sources????

Date: 2011年7月31日 14:46:29 +1000

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> wrote:
> () Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> () 2011年7月30日 16:33:16 -0400
>
>  Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  >   As a first pass, I have added a etc/grammars directory containing the
>  >   grammar files in trunk. The instructions for compiling the grammars
>  >   is in etc/grammars/README. Note that the resulting output differs
>  >   from the actual grammar data in lisp/cedet/semantic/[bovine|wisent],
>  >   because those were manually modified subsequently.
>  >
>  > This difference is a problem -- it is like distributing a patched
>  > binary. It doesn't correspond to the source code, and doesn't comply
>  > with the GPL.
>
>  If developers are forbidden from manually altering the output of a
>  compiled grammar, that is a usage restriction.
>
> The problem is that the differences aren't accountable, not that there are
> differences. To be accountable, the path from original to current must be
> transparent. If that path involves manual editing, a commit (+ ChangeLog)
> should be generated. If that path is machine manifested, the program that
> does the change must be distributed (+ commit + ChangeLog, of course). In
> the case of distribution, GPL comes into play (recursively).
>
>
FYI, for anyone who perhaps may not recognize how important this is,
this issue has been reported in the latest issue of LWN.
Tim

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