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   • SuperDicq
   • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
   @mangeurdenuage @SuperDicq A compiler doesn't copy bad code and ensure you are not the copyright holder - it just generates assembly output from the source input.
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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world "You can not steal code" people when I break into their house and steal their hard drive.

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator
     @HatkeshiatorTND @SuperDicq @mangeurdenuage You cannot steal code - as making a copy cannot possibly steal anything.
     
     If you've gained a prohibited copy of the source code of proprietary software, using a compiler to compile it could be additional charges for what is deemed unauthorized modification (as you're modifying it from source form into binary from).
     
     
     There are plenty of proprietary compilers still, but you would have to be insane to use such compilers.
     
     A compiler being proprietary doesn't have any impact on the copyright status of the program it compiles, although if the compiler inserts any runtime libraries into the output, that software can be proprietary.
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     March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator (hatkeshiatortnd@annihilation.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jan-2026 01:50:01 JST March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

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     @Suiseiseki @SuperDicq @mangeurdenuage
     1) i can compile "stolen" code with a compiler
     2) there can exist a proprietary compiler, in.fact i am almost positive there exist proprietary compilers.
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     @tusharhero@mathstodon.xyz @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world If I steal a safe with gold inside of it, but I can't open the safe, does that mean I didn't steal the gold?

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     @SuperDicq @Suiseiseki @mangeurdenuage You stole a encrypted hard drive. You didn't steal code.

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     @tusharhero@mathstodon.xyz @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world Just because you preemptively made copies doesn't mean I didn't just steal code.

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     tusharhero (tusharhero@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jan-2026 01:52:51 JST tusharhero

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     @SuperDicq @Suiseiseki @mangeurdenuage >tfw they have encrypted backups everywhere.