[Glade-users] Software Licencing

Ben Ford ben@kalifornia.com
Tue, 04 Sep 2001 23:29:42 -0700


Shivdeep Krishnan wrote:

>My company would like to know if we have to release the source code of the software developed using GTK+ and GLADE. This is because there is a security risk involved if the source code is available, they feel. Please inform me.
>

My opinion is that security by obscurity only buys you time.  (I work 
for a security firm.)

But no, you don't have to open source GTK developed applications.

-b


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