Yes, because "that form" of CSS is plain-text CSS - the only editable form of CSS.<div><br></div><div>The GPL does not compel the developer to write easily-readable or easily-understood code - nor does the GPL compel the developer to cater to the whims of end users regarding their coding practices; rather, it merely compels the developer to provide code in the FILE FORMAT that is preferred for editing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The preferred FILE FORMAT for CSS is text, and that is all that is required by the GPL.</div><div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Austin Matzko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:austin@pressedcode.com">austin@pressedcode.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> We're talking about removing whitespace, not obfuscating (e.g.<br>
> base64-encoding) code. Removing whitespace is NOT "obfuscation". That<br>
> suggestion is ludicrous.<br>
> Let us be quite clear on what we're discussing here.<br>
<br>
</div>[snip]<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> And this is the "minified" version of that same CSS:<br>
><br>
> #selector-1, #selector-2, #selector-3 { background: #fff; color: #000; }<br>
><br>
> Both are equally valid under the GPL. There is no GPL-compliance issue here,<br>
> period.<br>
<br>
</div>If Syahir's CSS includes only one rule like that, then you could have<br>
a point because it really could be the "preferred form of the work for<br>
making modifications to it." However, what we're really talking about<br>
is something that looks like this:<br>
<br>
<<a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css" target="_blank">http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css</a>><br>
<br>
Chip, are you honestly claiming you prefer to edit CSS in that form?<br>
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