On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:57:47 +0900 Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:47:02PM +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit : > > > > I am personally convinced that nowadays the definition of source should > > *no longer* be regarded as an open question: I think that the most > > commonly used and accepted definition of source code is the one found > > in the GNU GPL license. > > Hi Francesco and everybody, > > sorry for drifting that thread further... I can not help adding that, the > world > being in perpetual change, the definition of source will one day become an > open > question again. My favorite guess is that at some point, it will be argued > that the commit messages and the revisions of a file are part the source, > since > inspecting them is part of the "preferred" way to modify the file. But we are > not there yet...
It may happen in the future, maybe, but please note that it would again be the "preferred form for making modifications" definition of source. The only thing that would change is people's preferences... Anyway, as you say, we are not there yet. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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