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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software (was: air traffic control software)
Date: 1999/04/23
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In article <7foo6s$qbm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:

> One could meet the letter of the GPL by providing
> obfuscated sources with no comments, but if all your
> assignment statements look like
> 
> OOOO000OO0OOOO := O0000O000OO000O0 + O0000O0O00000;
> 
> with no comments, I think most people would agree that you
> have not *really* makde the sources available.

Certainly not the sources from which the originator would
make changes.

Larry Kilgallen