On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 04:25:56PM -0500, Evan Prodromou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-29-01 at 14:06 -0500, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > > I've ran into a problem: given firefox extension released under > > GPL as shipped (.xpi files) has obscured .js files -- all > > formatting was removed. > > So, if I read your comments correctly, the .js files aren't > intentionally obfuscated. Whitespace has just been removed in order to > speed up download. It may be misguided, but it's also pretty common > among JavaScript programmers.
Except the javascript file is zipped in a .xpi file, making the space removing argument moot. > I was able to run the JavaScript code through GNU indent > (http://www.gnu.org/software/indent/ ) and get readable and modifiable > output. I think there are some special-purpose JavaScript beautifiers > out there that could give even better formatting. > > I don't think that this is a case where the user gets unmodifiable > source. However, the GPL requires the prefered form for modification to be provided. And what the author uses to modify is definitely not the whitespace-free version. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
