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Re: Does CC-SA require a modifiable copy? - Don't open this box!

From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: Does CC-SA require a modifiable copy? - Don't open this box!
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 22:17:45 +0000

On 7 Dec 2004, at 21:51, Thomas wrote:

If I write a program by hand in assembly (some people still do!), there is no source, only a binary. So the source is the binary.

And what if someone reverse engineerings it and obtain a source of the program? is it a derivative work?

Amusingly, yes. Presumably decompiling hand-coded machine code to assembly language would be like taking a transcript of an interview.

- Rob.

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