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  • From: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis AT pitrou.net>
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] derivatives and source
  • Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:29:17 +0200

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:23:18 -0400
"P. J. McDermott" <pjm AT nac.net> wrote:
>
> My rule of thumb regarding computer programs is that whatever one edits
> is what one should release. For a program written in assembly, one
> would release the assembly source code. For a program written in C, one
> would release the C source code, not assembly source generated by a
> compiler. And to comply with the GNU GPL when distributing a work that
> is difficult to build and/or install, one could simply describe what
> he/she has done while using it.
>
> Though I agree that the line is much more fuzzy regarding other works, I
> feel that a similar rule could be applied. Whatever one edits – be it
> an image source file, a generated PNG image, video project files, a
> rendered video, etc. – is what one should release.

Indeed, and AFAIR the GPLv2 defines source code as “the preferred form
for modification”. Which is a nice generic definition which can be
adequately interpreted according to the field's best practices.

Regards

Antoine.






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