[theme-reviewers] Minified CSS

[Chip Bennett]

Yes, because "that form" of CSS is plain-text CSS - the only editable form
of CSS.

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.

The preferred FILE FORMAT for CSS is text, and that is all that is required
by the GPL.

Chip

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Austin Matzko <austin at pressedcode.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
> > We're talking about removing whitespace, not obfuscating (e.g.
> > base64-encoding) code. Removing whitespace is NOT "obfuscation". That
> > suggestion is ludicrous.
> > Let us be quite clear on what we're discussing here.
>
> [snip]
>
> > And this is the "minified" version of that same CSS:
> >
> > #selector-1, #selector-2, #selector-3 { background: #fff; color: #000; }
> >
> > Both are equally valid under the GPL. There is no GPL-compliance issue
> here,
> > period.
>
> If Syahir's CSS includes only one rule like that, then you could have
> a point because it really could be the "preferred form of the work for
> making modifications to it." However, what we're really talking about
> is something that looks like this:
>
> <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css>
>
> Chip, are you honestly claiming you prefer to edit CSS in that form?
> _______________________________________________
> theme-reviewers mailing list
> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/attachments/20110218/9dd4f6b8/attachment.htm>