so i went to check the standalone file from v9 ...and indeed the code cannot be seen. in previous versions, I could clearly see the script text of a stack by opening it up in notepad++.....
maybe i was hallucinating...... but i'm pretty sure i checked this before because of my own curiosities about this subject. can anyone confirm this change? On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I believe this thread started as a result is someone asking if there was a > way to recover their work if all they could salvage was a built binary > (from community edition). It sounds like there should be a way based on > another response in the thread. > > Thanks, > Brian > On Jun 5, 2018, 2:16 PM -0500, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > > Richmond Mathewson wrote: > > > > > Recently I ran off a very simple standalone with the Indy and the > > > Community version of LC 8.1.9 > > > and cracked both of them open with a text editor. > > > > > > In neither of the standalones could I access the code. > > > > > > Presumably this means that a standalone generated with the Community > > > version cannot be > > > reverse-engineered in such a way that its original code can be read? > > > > Binding the stack to the runtime engine makes the source difficult to > > access, and the objects impossible to modify. > > > > The requirement of GPL-governed works is that source code is available > > in a form that allows modification. > > > > I would not imagine requiring end-users to sift through bits of a binary > > executable would satisfy any definition of GPL compliance. > > > > Either the source stack files are made available to any user of the > > executable who wants them, or the entity distributing the executable is > > in violation of LiveCode Ltd's copyright. > > > > -- > > Richard Gaskin > > Fourth World Systems > > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
