hmmmm..... maybe i'm thinking all the way back to v6 or v7 standalones. cuz v8 is also not visible.
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Tom Glod <t...@makeshyft.com> wrote: > 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
