On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Justin Pryzby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050225 22:35]: > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:23:07PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > > I'll see about taking a closer look at parts to see if it > > > actually makes sense, but so far it looks fine to me. As it is, > > > I don't see any difference between this and any other vendor not > > > releasing hardware specs and yet a Free driver exists. Not a > > > good thing, but not non-free either. > > > Well put. I think it is arguably not "source code", however, if > > the source we are seeing is the result of some sed-like script > > which converts a sort of custom #defined MAGIC_NUMBERs to id > > numbers, and then removes the #definitions. > > Is there some proof that the files are created that way, or is this > just your assumptation?
It's not either. It's a hypothetical. That is, if, hypothetically, the source provided is the result of a obfuscation regex, then it's not source. [IE, we aren't provided the real prefered form for modification.] Don Armstrong -- Grimble left his mother in the food store and went to the launderette and watched the clothes go round. It was a bit like colour television only with less plot. -- Clement Freud _Grimble_ http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
