simonster

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   by simonster 15y ago

   Some licenses explicitly state that contributors license relevant software patents that they control. Whether GPL 2.1 includes a patent grant is unclear, but the Mozilla Public License certainly does.
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   by simonster 15y ago

   This is really just about writing a browser extension that injects code into a page and does nothing else. Firefox extensions can do all sorts of things (modify the browser UI, call functions in system libraries, create protocol handlers, p
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   by simonster 15y ago

   IANAL, but since this was a C&D notice sent in private and Facebook never made a public announcement regarding it, I don't think it's defamation.
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   by simonster 15y ago

   It's possible to make JavaScript not be Turing-complete. You could place a limit on the number of instructions the program could execute, or a limit on the amount of memory (including network transfers), either of which would make it mathem
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   by simonster 15y ago

   Jason Evans's benchmarks ( http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/scalable-... , 3/4 of the way down the page) don't look good for Hoard, but they may be a little biased.
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   by simonster 15y ago

   A custom header is not sufficient (blame Flash): http://lists.webappsec.org/pipermail/websecurity_lists.webap...
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   by simonster 15y ago

   Huh, I didn't realize that Metro doesn't support 1024x600. That doesn't sound like great news for netbook users.