[cowthulhu]

Is that a method anyone has ever used to distribute paid, multi-GB software (or ever will for that matter)? I’m pretty sure Kaspersky is fully closed source anyways. This argument seems really roundabout and ineffective.

[spacebanana7]

Most commercial books and newspapers are effectively 'source available', which is closer to closed source than open source.

[RobotToaster]

Just print the hex dump, would probably be quite large unless you used microfiche.

[deutschepost]

The original code for PGP was distributed that way. Which was also banned in the US.

But yeah, it is a pretty bad comparison.

[charonn0]

When was PGP banned in the US?

[surfingdino]

It wasn't, its export was controlled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

[deutschepost]

My bad. It was export restricted and they were prosecuted for it. That’s the reason they had to publish it by book.