Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do you mean by that that if I use an editor that does not have a > save format that losslessly reproduces all of its internal state, > then I can only distribute the output under the GPL if I also ship a > revivable core dump of the editor?
Is there such an editor? > > I write a bunch of Scheme code in a fancy Scheme system, never saving > > my work, using only an editing buffer. When my program is as I like > > it, I use the system's "standalone executable" feature to writeout a > > binary of the program, and then I quit. > > Would you think anybody would be comfortable with (functionally) > modifying the output of that process? I can show you dozens of people > who would be perfectly comfortable with functionally modifying a gif. I never said that a gif cannot be source. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Geez.
