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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: C Uglifyer wanted
- Date: 16 Feb 1996 20:13:34 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In article <31251bc4.9827100@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov>,
- Kevin Quitt <kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
- >On Tue, 13 Feb 1996 08:05:24 GMT, genew@mindlink.bc.ca (Gene Wirchenko) wrote:
- >> Yes, but it's a pretty safe bet that if someone wants a shrouder,
- >>he has a compiler.
- >
- >It's the customer who probably doesn't have a compiler. The point is that for
- >a product that runs on diverse hardware and OSs, you either have to distribute
- >the (shrouded) source, or own one of every one of those machines and OSs.
- >Most such machines come with a C compiler, so this is feasible.
- >
- >MS DOS systems are uniform, so distributing executables is OK. Distributing
- >the sources would do little good, since most people don't have C compilers.
-
- Then what is the point of the DOS-only shrouder, the subject of this thread?
- We are talking about distributing the shrouder itself.
-
- >Did I really state that so poorly?
-
- No. You stated it perfectly clearly the first time. What you are saying makes
- sense, but it's a little orthogonal to the thread.
-
- What is at issue is that the shrouder software in question comes only as an
- executable for the MSDOS platform. According to what you are saying, shrouding
- is not necessary, because under that platform you can distribute in binary
- form. What started the thread was a criticism of releasing the shrouder itself
- in MS-DOS executable form only. If it truly works with standard C programs, it
- might be of interest to a wide audience of C programmers who use various
- platforms. This is one product that truly should not have to be tied to a
- platform. If it is any good, it would be distributable in portable, shrouded
- source form, since the authors would have enough faith in the product to use it
- on itself. If they don't have that faith, why should a customer?
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