[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15262: Make Easter Egg GPL Compliant

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#15262: Make Easter Egg GPL Compliant
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 Reporter:  filosofo      |       Owner:  filosofo 
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.1      
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.1      
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  has-patch
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 The easter egg is funny; it has soul; I'm not complaining about it per se.

 However, to be compliant with the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-
 licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL 2], we must distribute the WordPress "source
 code," which is
    the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.

 It should be obvious that obfuscated code is not "the preferred form of
 the work for making modifications to it," and in fact the
 [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html FSF says explicitly]

    Obfuscated “source code” is not real source code and does not count as
 source code."

 The attached patch provides an un-obfuscated version of the easter egg
 code, to bring the code into compliance with the GPL.

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