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The 23 pages that link to Source code, each with the reason it gives.

• CompilerRelated: It is the input that a source-to-target compiler translates.

• Character encodingRelated: A compiler must decode source bytes into the intended characters.

• Proprietary softwareRelated: Withholding it prevents users from inspecting or modifying the program directly.

• Richard StallmanRelated: Access to source code is necessary for studying and modifying software, freedoms Stallman championed.

• Video game preservationRelated: Access to game source code can support study, rebuilding, and long-term maintenance.

• CopyleftRelated: Software copyleft licenses often require corresponding source code to accompany distributed binaries.

• GNU General Public LicenseRelated: The GPL requires corresponding source in specified forms of distribution.

• Free softwareRelated: Access to source code makes studying and modifying software possible.

• Trade secretRelated: Companies may protect valuable, nonpublic code as a trade secret.

• Free software movementRelated: Studying and modifying software requires access to its source code.

• Generative artRelated: In software-based works, source code can serve as both the generative system and an artistic artifact.

• High-level programming languageRelated: High-level programs are commonly authored and maintained as source code.

• Electronic literatureRelated: In code-based literature, executable instructions can carry expressive and structural meaning.

• Text fileRelated: Programming languages are often written and shared in text files.