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Re: Compiled files without sources????
From: |
Tim Cross |
Subject: |
Re: Compiled files without sources???? |
Date: |
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:46:29 +1000 |
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> wrote:
> () Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> () Sat, 30 Jul 2011 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
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, (continued)
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Richard Stallman, 2011/07/28
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Paul Eggert, 2011/07/28
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Richard Stallman, 2011/07/28
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Paul Eggert, 2011/07/28
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Milan, 2011/07/29
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/29
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/29
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Richard Stallman, 2011/07/30
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/30
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2011/07/30
- Re: Compiled files without sources????,
Tim Cross <=
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, David Kastrup, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Tim Cross, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Andreas Röhler, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, David Engster, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, David Kastrup, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, David Engster, 2011/07/31
- Re: Compiled files without sources????, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/31