This is a neat way of expressing a good idea, but I wouldn't count on it. A language can probably be construed as something that can be understood by anyone who learns it. Even though I speak PGP, I still can't understand what you say without a key. There's probably no legal precedent for that yet, but look what they've done with the rest of the Constitution so far. Ok, what if PGP-encyphered text were argued to be COMPILED? In that case, the original SOURCE CODE was being shared, and the COMPILER being held secret. Source-reading keys are available upon request. Or some twist
tim werner <werner@mc.ab.com> writes: like that. :-) What do you think? All of a sudden, we have compiled source code being pushed around that is VERY difficult to reverse engineer without the proper authorization. --jeff