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Re: Tree command - Display Structure of Directory Hierarchy
Charles Wilson wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> ïãçåæ wrote:
>>> here is a tree command
>> You just distributed the binary of a program that is linked against the
>> Cygwin DLL, and hence is covered by the GPL. Please send me the source.
>
> Not to mention that there no one should EVER run an executable, posted
> to a public mailing list, by someone they don't know (and can't verify
> it actually came FROM that person, even if they DID know them personally).
>
> I wouldn't run this binary unless I got the source, inspected it line by
> line, AND re-compiled it myself...
That is precisely why I asked for the source, and precisely the advantage of
open source over proprietary closed sources :-)
cheers,
DaveK
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