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>We know that isn't the case because we can see code being reproduced even with comments If the comment is something like //check fromIndex is greater than to
by bryanrasmussen 4y ago
>We know that isn't the case because we can see code being reproduced even with comments
If the comment is something like
//check fromIndex is greater than toIndex
then that is not any more individualistic or different than the actual function. Sadly, many people comment like this, on the other hand if it reproduced a comment with typos or something more complicated like
/* this hack is because Firefox's implementation of SVG z-indexing does not match how Chrome or Safari does it - please read this article ...url...*/
then yeah, then you would have something
- marginalia_nu 4y agoWell yeah, we've already seen exactly this: https://twitter.com/StefanKarpinski/status/1410971061181681674 https://twitter.com/StefanKarpinski/status/14109710611816816...
- theRealMe 4y agoIn almost any other scenario this would be evidence. But Fast Inverse Square Root isn’t some tightly held secret. That exact code, with those specific comments included, is found in the Wikipedia page for that algo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
- nextaccountic 4y agoThe usage in Wikipedia is probably fair use, but it's still copyrighted, even without being a secret
- marginalia_nu 4y agoYeah, it's still GPL though.
- theRealMe 4y agoTrue.
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoOK that tracks as more than just lazy comments lookalikes.
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