On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 02:52:47PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:01:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > For instance: > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "> * It's unjustified. Why 32,768 bytes? Why not 32,000 bytes? > > You want 32,000 instead? You've got it." > > Which, you'll notice didn't answer the question, nor did it remotely > address the issue by providing any justification.
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The size of the GNU GPL and the "Funding Free Software" portion
of the gcc manual together in plain-text form is 20,410 bytes.
This is *without* regarding all adjacent white space characters
as one byte, and without excluding the portion of the GPL that
is actually a binding license. Once that is done (condensing
whitespace and omitting the "TERMS AND CONDITIONS" part of the
GNU GPL, which are already covered by clause 2 above), this
auxiliary material consumes only 7,928 bytes. Therefore, 32,768
bytes strikes me as a reasonable limit.
This of course, assumes that it's reasonable to use packages that
actually exist and contain non-license invariant text to inform one's
proposals. Given your preference for ex nihilo reasoning, that
assumption may not do anything for you.
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