Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: GPL license and linux kernel modifications | Date | Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:14:32 -0800 |
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> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:25:55 +0300, > =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=Bansh=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?= <bansh21@mail.ru> said:
> Yes, but it has to be the *preferred* source form. So you have > to distribute > what you're actually using to maintain the system. You want to claim that > the very tricky code is your preferred form, go right ahead. Let > me know how > the first time you try to fix a bug goes. ;)
> It is most certainly *NOT* allowed to pass your code through a obfuscator > before shipping it out.
In my insanest musings, I've thought about a case where one has a decrypting/encrypting editor and a decrypting compiler. This could honestly make the encrypted source the preferred form for the purposes of making modifications.
Anyone who attempts this would likely run afoul of a legal principle known as the "straight face doctrine". This says that one may not make any argument in court unless one can do so with a straight face. Because of this, lawyers that can say rather insane things with perfectly straight faces are quite highly prized.
DS
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