[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16517: What about / Whom to ask for full/missing wordpress source-code?

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#16517: What about / Whom to ask for full/missing wordpress source-code?
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 Reporter:  hakre               |       Owner:  markjaquith
     Type:  defect (bug)        |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  high                |   Milestone:  3.1
Component:  WordPress.org site  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:                      |
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Comment (by filosofo):

 Replying to [comment:34 Otto42]:
 > As I pointed out in the very first comment, can you point to what
 "source" you are referring to?
 >
 > Are not jQuery and TinyMCE both Javascript text files, and as such,
 their own "source"?

 No. As the GPL states, the "source code for a work means the preferred
 form of the work for making modifications to it,"^1^ and the Free Software
 Foundation confirms that "Obfuscated “source code” is not real source code
 and does not count as source code." ^2^

 The TinyMCE and jQuery files in WordPress are minified and obscured, so by
 the definition of the GPL and as understood by the FSF, they are not
 source.

 But we don't have to consider the FSF's opinion (or the text of the GPL):
 TinyMCE ''itself'' distinguishes between "source code" and "production
 code" (note how some download options offer "source code," whereas others
 do not). ^3^  Likewise, the "downloading jQuery" page ^4^ distinguishes
 between the "minified version" and the "source version."

 So ''on their own terms'' the TinyMCE and jQuery files do not appear in
 WordPress as source.

  * [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
  * [2] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
  * [3] http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/download/download.php
  * [4] http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery

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