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0 pointsmartypitt2y ago0 comments

They say the binaries are being made under Apache 2.

They don't say anything about the source code being published. That's why (to me) this is so interesting. I've never seen binaries released without source code before.

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pjmlp2y ago

We used to call it Public Domain and Shareware (with variations like Coffeeware, Beerware, Postware,...)

stefan_2y ago

What is even the point of releasing binaries under Apache 2? When I patch the binaries, do I need to release a hexdiff too to fulfill my Apache obligations? Very weird.

politician2y ago

I suppose you could run it through a Java decompiler and clean up the results with an LLM. How long would that take? 5 years to make it useful?

vore2y ago

I wonder if they took a page out of Fabrice Bellard's book: https://bellard.org/ts_server/

  The CPU version is released as binary code under the MIT license.

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