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A comment on TPP banning requirements to transfer or access to source code of software. Parent comment

Re:TPP banning requirements to transfer or access to source ... by dataker on Friday November 06, 2015 @08:53AM (#10519413)
>Showing source code to anybody (government or end user) does not make you loose your rights to that source code or the compiled application.

You lose control over your own property. That's enough. Similar to police officers entering your home without a warrant.

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Re:TPP banning requirements to transfer or access to source ... by Rusky on Friday November 06, 2015 @12:35PM (#10520659)
One big difference is that you're distributing the binaries (or devices containing them) anyway, which makes them reverse-engineerable.
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