What is the difference between source code and executable files?

Unraveling work troubles, one by one.A developer asked, 'Do you have the source code?', but all I have on hand is an EXE file that can be launched.If something works, it seems like it could be fixed.
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AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer program without copying that program’s copyright-protected code directly.
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Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file

The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code command line interface application (not the models themselves) has been leaked and disseminated, apparently due ...
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Developer builds viral 3D source code visualizer that consumes 21GB of RAM

A developer has built a 3D code visualizer.