karl3＠writeme.com wrote:
> karl3＠writeme.com wrote:
> > > on line 2882 of gmp-impl.h in the feb 3 2025 development source of
> > > libgmp, lies an implementation of limb incrementation with nails.
> > > there is an unspoken constraint on this code. the incrementation must not
> > > exceed NUMB_MAX. if it does, invali--
> > > but it looks like this function is mostly used for carries, constants
> > > equal to 1, and as part of pseudorandom number generation
> > > GMP_NUMB_MAX must be the maximum value for numbers in libgmp. This may be
> > > wh--
> > > is it so clear? what is exactly clear?
> > - is the constraint clear?
> no this code is some of the most esoteric (and commonly used!) code there is
her we could focus on my disorientation and cognitive decline rather than
placing code in one or another barrel of esotericism.
but i was sadly surprised to feel like few people were working on the coreboot
code i engaged
> > - is it clear that karl is stealing gnu code?
> no the gnu license advocates for code sharing
> > - is it clear that karl is influenced to find vulnerabilities and expose
> > them to criminals without reporting them to devs or improving them, to such
> > a strong degree that he finds things that aren't vulnerabilities yet and
> > reports those?
> maybe here we could replace "criminals" with "immoral use" to rotate axes 90
> degrees around different kinds of systems of law
> >
> > that third one is what is clear
