[EMAIL PROTECTED] (md) writes: > On Oct 31, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deliberately obfuscated code is absolutely against the spirit of > > Free Software. > But if it is X11-licensed then it is still free software, which is > what matters here.
The license isn't the main thing to consider. The set of effective freedoms granted to the recipient of the work is the issue. If the code is *deliberately* obfuscated, then the recipient has been denied the exercise of the freedoms in the DFSG, by the licensor. -- \ "Here is a test to see if your mission on earth is finished. If | `\ you are alive, it isn't." -- Francis Bacon | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
