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Working (!) source code should absolutely be required BUT there should also be a requirement that it not be unnecessarily complicated or obfuscated. Otherwise malicious compliance would be common.

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I feel like that could sort itself out. With overly complicated or obfuscated code, it would hopefully be hard to prove infringement.

You don't infringe the source code, you infringe the claims (as has always been the case).

The source code provides the Written Description and Enablement requirements.

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