> If I write a program, then obfuscate it and then release the obfuscated code under an open source license, would you consider it open source(I would)? I woul

> If I write a program, then obfuscate it and then release the obfuscated code under an open source license, would you consider it open source(I would)? I wouldn't. Most definitions of open source say something like "in the form used for editing". You can release a built binary under an unrestrictive license, but that does not mean that you've opened the source. It's literally the plain meaning of the words: the source, as in where the thing comes from, needs to be open for it be meaningful.