<s>
Derivative	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
or	O
Chameleon	O
code	O
is	O
source	O
code	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
derived	O
entirely	O
from	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
other	O
machine	O
readable	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
recursive	O
transcompiling	B-Language
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
,	O
some	O
code	O
will	O
survive	O
all	O
the	O
way	O
through	O
the	O
pipeline	O
from	O
beginning	O
to	O
end	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
code	O
is	O
,	O
by	O
definition	O
,	O
derivative	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
procedure	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
easily	O
test	O
if	O
any	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
derivative	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
or	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
build	O
process	O
simply	O
replaces	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
deleted	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
(	O
obviously	O
)	O
code	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
derived	O
from	O
something	O
else	O
and	O
is	O
therefore	O
,	O
by	O
definition	O
,	O
derivative	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transcompilers	B-Language
and	O
other	O
tools	O
which	O
create	O
derivative	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
,	O
are	O
usually	O
themselves	O
either	O
in	O
part	O
,	O
or	O
entirely	O
hand	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
