[CLUE-Talk] Copyright of SCO source code

[Dennis J Perkins]

I don't think it's that likely that dissimilar code will compile the same, but 
optimization can do that to some degree.


> 
> from a programming standpoint though, how could machine code be copywrited?
> isn't it very likely that (when you're way down at the hardware level like
> the linux kernel) two rather dissimilar pieces of source would end up
> compiling and look alot alike in binary? i haven't touched C or C++ in too
> long and wasn't that good at it when i did learn it but when you're talking
> about something like an flock() isn't there really only about one or 2 ways
> to do it, and even then the resulting binary would look alot alike if not
> identical, wouldn't it? or am i showing my ignorance of C again?
> 
> - Evan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis J Perkins" <djperkins at americanisp.net>
> To: <clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [CLUE-Talk] Copyright of SCO source code
> 
> 
> >
> > A friend of mine says that binary code should not be protected by
> > copyright because it is not readable.  In his opinion, binary code
> > should be regarded more like a trade secret unless the source code is
> > also provided.  It's an interesting viewpoint.
> >
> 
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