I am asking in the context of the licenses on code that one sees all over the place.  Typically, they say something along the lines of if you release a product containing this in binary form, it must contain X, Y, and Z.Does that mean that if I use the code in an app, the app has to have a screen somewhere that contains X, Y, and Z in human-readable form?
What exactly is Binary Form?
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The text is indicating that you must include X, Y, and Z if you distribute the compiled form of the code (as opposed to the source code). Assuming that X, Y, and Z are, for example, copyright notices, they would generally need to be included in documentation and other human-readable materials distributed along with the binaries.