The other interesting thing is that if I comment out that script, it still fails. I have to completely remove it from the master page (or aspx file) for the aspnet_compiler to give my generated dll a fileversion, copyright, etc. – nicoleeschmidt Aug 21 '13 at 22:40

That's bizarre. I'm not sure what else to do. – Josh Darnell Aug 22 '13 at 13:55