On 2021-11-04 10:06, dick wrote:
There is nothing insidious with such a paint
And yet, free software rhetoric emphatically characterizes nonfree as
"causing
harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed," which is
Merriam-Webster's
definition of "insidious."
The paint in the example would only be insidious if, say, it appeared to
mix
correctly initially and looked fine upon application to the surface, and
then
the surface turned pitch black several months or years later.
It's not insidious if the mixture turns black right in the paint pot.
Particularly so if the data sheet for either paint warns against it.
If there is no warning, and there is a delayed reaction, then it more or
less meets
the definition of insidious.
