Joachim Breitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "Unrestricted access to all not-common elements to produce the final > product is a precondition for this". > > This would require to publish the code, the Makefiles, any unpublic > compiler patches, maybe some UML files that are needed, while elemtents > like make, gcc and similar do not have to be distributed by the author.
The underlying idea is that as far as possible nobody should be in a privileged position for making modifications, so all relevant data and information has to be made conveniently available. A word like "convenient" might be necessary to prevent some miscriant distribing the relevant code hidden in a CD full of broken versions of the same code with no README in sight, thus making it almost useless. Edmund
