Comment Guys - its valid - think about it... (Score 1) 771
what if you make an editor that automatically converts the obfuscated e.g. variable names to readable ones.
then it is a simple exercise in compression - your source code is smaller - and if you change a variables name in the editor, without changing any logic, then your version control, etc, is unaffected - how it should be.
also, if your programmers can't agree on naming conventions, they can set up their own in their own editor!
so you are working from the obfuscated source - it's your editor that provides use - surely you can't claim that the editor has to work a certain way - does the GPL specify "preffered method of reading source must be vi and ascii"?
then it is a simple exercise in compression - your source code is smaller - and if you change a variables name in the editor, without changing any logic, then your version control, etc, is unaffected - how it should be.
also, if your programmers can't agree on naming conventions, they can set up their own in their own editor!
so you are working from the obfuscated source - it's your editor that provides use - surely you can't claim that the editor has to work a certain way - does the GPL specify "preffered method of reading source must be vi and ascii"?
