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is the screensaver source code available?

As much as I searched both in my computer and on the web, I couldn't find the source code of the screensavers that come with kde. The screensaver's path is, from what I see, /usr/lib/xscreensaver but here I have only the screensaver executables and a file called vidwhacker...
So can I find the source code of these screensavers anywhere? I am interested in how they are made.
I am particulary interested in "phosphor". From what I see, it runs any program or shell script I put in the setup screen, and writes the output to a shell-like screen. And, also, from my knowledge, the screensaver application executes with root privleges right? This is a little security concern... That's one of the reasons I am interested in the source code, to see exactly how far it can go...
Thanks for reading this. Any info will help.

You could contact the author:

Code:

man phosphor

XScreenSaver(6x)                                              XScreenSaver(6x)



NAME

      phosphor - simulates an old terminal with long-sustain phosphor



[snip]



Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 27-Apr-99.  Pty and  vt100  emulation  by

      Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.com>.

The screensaver is an executable that runs on the root window in full-screen mode. While it is expected that you will run the program from the xscreensaver proper, you can still run it from terminal normally.

I see Jamie has not explicitly released this under GPL.

http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/download.html

:confused: the source is right there

Thank you both for the info.
Sorry I couldn't find it, I should learn to search better...