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I'm sorry, what's the objection here? Source code is better for understanding how a program works in a big-picture sense, compared to the binary. This sentence

by SilasX 5y ago

I'm sorry, what's the objection here? Source code is better for understanding how a program works in a big-picture sense, compared to the binary. This sentence conveys that in a way that a lay audience can understand. What's the problem?

bayindirh 5y ago
It was just a light hearted take on the wording of the definition, combined with a slight irony that we indeed have some critical stuff open sourced with pretty neat (read xGPL) licenses, which was unimaginable ~20 years ago. Maybe it's an outdated type of humor, but I didn't see a reason to stop myself. While this is HN, we can use some old Slashdot style now and then IMHO.