On Wednesday 13 September 2006 22:47, Jo Shields wrote: > IFort 9.1 > > Ingredients: > libm.so.6 > libpthread.so.0 > libgcc_s.so.1 > libc.so.6 > ld-linux.so.2 > ELF 32-bit LSB executable (70% by volume)
And that "ELF 32-bit LSB executable" could be doing *anything*. It could be uploading your life history to some stranger, it could be downloading things you'd rather not have on your computer. And you wouldn't know any of this because they won't let you look inside. If the makers of software were honest, they would have no reason to object to you seeing inside it. Look at the licences for certain commercial encryption software: you're allowed to inspect the source, just not to distribute copies. IMHO, the right to inspect source code is fundamental and springs from administratorship of the computer upon which the code is to be executed. -- AJS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]