Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-07 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:03:06 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: [...] > That person isn't the copyright holder of the original GPL source, so > "the source" is defined by the original author. The source for the *original work* depends on the preferences of the original author. The source for some modified ve

Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-07 Thread Jeff Carr
On 11/07/06 02:19, Markus Laire wrote: > On 11/4/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> IMO, whenever there's any doubt about which is the preferred form >> ("preferred by whom?"), we should follow the preferences of the last >> modifier: if you actually modify a work, you've shown in pra

Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-07 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:52:27 +0100 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > Markus Laire wrote: > > What if a person downloads a GPLed binary and then modifies that > > binary directly? > > If that person can truly say he prefers to hack binaries over > C code, then yes he can distribute just the binary. That m

Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-07 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Markus Laire wrote: > What if a person downloads a GPLed binary and then modifies that > binary directly? If that person can truly say he prefers to hack binaries over C code, then yes he can distribute just the binary. That makes sense because there *is no other form* of the software in that modi

Re: Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-11-07 Thread Markus Laire
On 11/4/06, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: IMO, whenever there's any doubt about which is the preferred form ("preferred by whom?"), we should follow the preferences of the last modifier: if you actually modify a work, you've shown in practice what is your preferred form for modificati