> (also note that seawater is densest a few degrees above freezing > (~4 deg C, if I recall)
You are thinking of fresh water.
The density of seawater (e.g. with a salinity of 35) as a function of temperature increases with decreasing temperature (BTW, the article you linked to also mentions this;-)).
This graph (referenced by an article about arctic sea ice) shows that for seawater with a salinity greater than 24.7 the water freezes before it can get to the density maximum. (The fact that sea ice floats seems to be related to density change due to phase transformation (sorry, no good source for that one)).
Well, *suppose* they had some hardware-chip that would trigger a failure if it didn't get signal after xx minutes of operation. Now they themselves develop a closed source driver for that chip and include it. I think they wouldn't have to let you see their driver but it could still be dangerous to run that chip without the driver......
IMO it's very utopic, but it would be a possibility where they would render the GPL part of the code useless and still could comply with the terms and distribute the modified GPLed code without having to "loose their property" or something (or whatever tf they think why they can't release it functional).
something like that...
cheers:-S
P.S.:
> then they have clearly violated the spirit of the GPL
Couldn't agree more... but unfortunately spirits are hard to come by with material things as there are lawyers, money,...
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- Oh, wait, they did *not* use the term V1aGrA in 18th century books?
SCNR, but I actually _do_ want to know.
> (also note that seawater is densest a few degrees above freezing
;-)).
> (~4 deg C, if I recall)
You are thinking of fresh water.
The density of seawater (e.g. with a salinity of 35) as a function of temperature increases with decreasing temperature (BTW, the article you linked to also mentions this
This graph (referenced by an article about arctic sea ice) shows that for seawater with a salinity greater than 24.7 the water freezes before it can get to the density maximum.
(The fact that sea ice floats seems to be related to density change due to phase transformation (sorry, no good source for that one)).
> The wife needed a new MB anyway :-)
*g* You haven't seen Stepford Wives lately, have you?
SCNR, no offence
Well, *suppose* they had some hardware-chip that would trigger a failure if it didn't get signal after xx minutes of operation. Now they themselves develop a closed source driver for that chip and include it.
:-S ...
I think they wouldn't have to let you see their driver but it could still be dangerous to run that chip without the driver......
IMO it's very utopic, but it would be a possibility where they would render the GPL part of the code useless and still could comply with the terms and distribute the modified GPLed code without having to "loose their property" or something (or whatever tf they think why they can't release it functional).
something like that... cheers
P.S.:
> then they have clearly violated the spirit of the GPL
Couldn't agree more... but unfortunately spirits are hard to come by with material things as there are lawyers, money,