From code war to Cold War (BBC) [LWN.net]

From code war to Cold War (BBC)

Posted Mar 11, 2004 0:44 UTC (Thu) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: From code war to Cold War (BBC) by imres
Parent article: From code war to Cold War (BBC)

I would also like to add that I have my doubts about the escrow schemes being proposed. If someone wants to hide his source code he can transform it into something only slightly more intelligible than binary code but which can be happily compiled by a compiler.

Just include a "preferred form for modifications" requirement like the GPL's:

The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable.

This prohibits obfusticated source, unless that is the form used by the original authors.

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