On 26/10/09 04:39, Durk Talsma wrote: > The code itself was > committed under the GPL, with the explicit intention of exposing crooks who > had been tinkering with the binary. Anybody still has the right to change > that > source code, to modify it according to their needs. > I would submit that if this is the case, only to discourage/prevent binary modification without the possibility of redistribution of the source, then a comment in the code of that function regards the need to "properly" change the URL by direct entry of the corresponding character values would perhaps be more agreeable to followers of this list.
It would in that instance undeniably be a measure to prevent violation of GPL, and not seen as a subterfuge to discourage use of the GPL, in fact it could be seen as supporting the GPL if such a comment was present. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
