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You would legislate that website operators are not allowed to obfuscate their javascript by removing all the variable names as well? That would either be a dyst
by db48x 10y ago
You would legislate that website operators are not allowed to obfuscate their javascript by removing all the variable names as well? That would either be a dystopian nightmare or utterly useless.
- kuschku 10y agoWhy not? Why would it be a dystopian nightmare? I mean, we already have early systems where you pay a tax if you create copies of stuff, which is distributed to creators, and in return you may just rip CDs, etc. Why would a truly open source world be a dystopian nightmare? Creators still would get paid, innovation would be a lot faster, without sacrificing anything. And it would find a legal solution to what is already done illegally with the remixing culture, and also allow it in software.
- icebraining 10y agoI think db48x's point is that you can't force open source, since people can still obfuscate it enough to render the openness moot, unless you literally legislate and enforce a full style guide on every single programmer (hence the dystopia).
- kuschku 10y agoWell, in common law, yes. In a civil law system, you just write something like "the preferred representation for development has to be publicly accessible", and you’re done.