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真的有人寄信要 GPL 授權的 copy...

Hacker News 上看到 2022 年的文章:「I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) (mendhak.com)」,原文在「I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received the GPLv3 license」。 作者在 GPLv2 看到這段: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 5…

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Gea-Suan Lin's BLOG · 真的有人寄信要 GPL 授權的 copy...Hacker News 上看到 2022 年的文章:「I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) (mendhak.com)」,原文在「I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received the GPLv3 license」。 作者在 GPLv2 看到這段: You should have received a copy of the GNU Gen...
#copy#fsf#gnu

“When there was only analog #tape, making a physical copy of your tapes was the #backup (aka “safety copy”). One problem is that this is not actually an exact #copy. The backup goes through multiple stages of analog circuitry and cabling, and it ends up residing on a totally different magnetic tape – all factors guaranteeing that it won’t be exactly the same as the original.

Due to tape deck discrepancies or incorrect settings, the copy could even sound different than the original. It also took the industry many years to realize that #analog tapes (primary or backup) might not last forever, and, due to poor storage and sticky-shed syndrome, many old tapes have been pulled out of storage only to have them disintegrate and self-destruct!”

“Are You Backing Up?” — #MikeKosacek / #TapeOp / #music / #recording <tapeop.com/interviews/161/are->

tapeop.comAre You Backing Up?Tape Op is a free magazine exclusively about recording music. Subscribe (yep, for free) at tapeop.com.

For the love of god if you're trying to convince your employer or an organization to "come over" to the #Fediverse, do NOT under any circumstances suggest that they set up a #Mastodon #instance!

Mastodon is the ONLY Fediverse platform that ...
by default ... forces #server #admins to #cache, #copy, and #proxy all #media that passes through its server. This means that not only are server admins paying to host the media their users #upload, but they have to pay to host the media everyone else on the fucking fediverse uploads as well.

Other platforms offer this feature, but
Mastodon is the only one that has this turned on by default.

This results in Mastodon server admins having to shell out thousands of dollars each month in
#S3 hosting costs for no reason whatsoever.

There are much better alternative instance platforms than Mastodon.

“Eagle one, this is Fox two, do you #copy?”
“Fox two, this is Eagle one, I read you five by five.”
“Excellent. So, do you want to get together for drinks this evening? Maybe watch a video?”
“Absolutely. Your place at 0800?”
“You mean tomorrow morning?”
“No, 0800 tonight. 0800 PM.”
There was a long pause. “Righty-ho. 0800 PM it is.”
“Great. See you then. This is Eagle one signing off.”

Within a generation the empire that had conquered the island was crumbling, no longer able to send governors or troops to maintain control. The islanders abandoned the ways that had been forced on them--except for painting slogans in praise of the emperor over their doorways. The islanders spoke a different tongue and used different glyphs, so these were nothing more than pleasing designs to them. Each #copy was less accurate than the last--a triumph of art over empire.