MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How does that affect the recipient's ability to modify the work? > > That's a different question: if a recipient is incapable of > modifying the work, does it mean that they do not have the > freedom to modify it? I say they have freedom but are incapable > of exploiting it.
I agree. > I rephrase: how can you argue that a hand-crafted binary is not > sufficiently modifiable to offer the freedom to study and adapt? How you can argue that a binary output by a compiler is not sufficiently modifiable to offer the freedom to study and adapt? -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
