I would guess that the grandparent was refering to Intel's statement about the Pentium Floating Point Division Bug; only those who really needed to divide floating point numbers with precision would get get a replacement processor...
Not really, isn't there a 2 mb limit of individual mails. Would make it pretty awkward to use as warez storage. That and the zero-anonymity factor.
Well, I don't know about you, but I have recieved a couple of >15MB mails sent to my G-Mail account. And for automated storage, it'd be easy to split a large application into smaller files...
If the developer released the code under the GPL and the company, for example IBM, agrees to the license, then the GPL is VALID in this case, even if the court declares it invalid(!). As long as IBM conforms to the GPL, they are not violating the developer's copyright.
Remember, the developer basically said "Here you go, you are free to use my code if you agree to these terms:..."
Fuck IMDB, go watch the laserdisc-versions instead. It's "Carrie!", no question about it.
Sure, in later releases the "Carrie!" has been replaced, but I'm telling you, he did shout "Carrie!"
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I would guess that the grandparent was refering to Intel's statement about the Pentium Floating Point Division Bug; only those who really needed to divide floating point numbers with precision would get get a replacement processor...
If only more companies would do this in similar situations...
Well, I suppose the standard "RTFA"-response will be kind of useless on this topic...
Not really, isn't there a 2 mb limit of individual mails. Would make it pretty awkward to use as warez storage. That and the zero-anonymity factor. Well, I don't know about you, but I have recieved a couple of >15MB mails sent to my G-Mail account. And for automated storage, it'd be easy to split a large application into smaller files...
If the developer released the code under the GPL and the company, for example IBM, agrees to the license, then the GPL is VALID in this case, even if the court declares it invalid(!). As long as IBM conforms to the GPL, they are not violating the developer's copyright.
Remember, the developer basically said "Here you go, you are free to use my code if you agree to these terms: ..."
Pacta sunt servanda.
Oh well, what do I know, IANAL etc.
Fuck IMDB, go watch the laserdisc-versions instead. It's "Carrie!", no question about it. Sure, in later releases the "Carrie!" has been replaced, but I'm telling you, he did shout "Carrie!"