Nick Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 04:52:24AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > > The definition of source is "the preferred form of the work for making > > > modifications", selected from those forms which are available to you. > > > > No. Where is that last clause in the GPL? Hint: it isn't, as > > indicated by your comments, and this is crucially intended by the GPL. > > Since the license is addressed to 'you', I would contend that the 'preferred > form' would be the form which 'you' would choose to make modifications.
No; that's incorrect. The passive voice here is used intentionally. It's the form that programmers in general (especially "you" *AND* the author) would prefer. > As I pointed out elsewhere, this has the rather amusing side-effect of > allowing us to link other GPL'ed stuff with the uglified source, but not > the original author. Which would seem to be 'the Right Thing'. Wrong.
