July 27, 2004
GPL Compliance for Software Developers
What is source code?
What is source code?
"The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it"
Source code doesn't include stuff that comes with the OS
Source code includes build files
If code is generated by a machine from some other data:
by a generator included with the program
It's probably not source
but can be hand-edited
it's probably source code
but can't be hand-edited
it's probably not source code
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