I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022)

Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by jccalhoun on Thursday April 24, 2025 @08:48AM (#43782087)

Yes, in the USA letter size is the standard. A3,4 don't exist. It isn't confusing because I would guess that more than half of all people in the USA don't even know that letter size isn't the standard everywhere. I was probably in my late 20s before I found out that Europe doesn't use the same size paper as we in the USA do. I can remember exactly once that I encountered it in the wild (I was at a conference and someone from Europe had some handouts).

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by bombcar on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:34AM (#43782558)

The European sizes exist in the USA if you want them, you just have to order them from a print shop or supplier.

Or you can get whatever you want - I wanted B4 paper to print a booklet (or B3 maybe) and I just bought a ream that was larger and had a print shop slice it down to B4. My US laser printer was fine printing onto B4.

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by jillyboel on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:07AM (#43782254)

Rest of the world, not just europe. You're the weird one here (as usual).

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by umanwizard on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:08AM (#43782268)

No, letter is used throughout North America and in parts of South America.

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by jillyboel on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:12AM (#43782304)

Yeah, just you weirdos: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/19dswr4/standards_...

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by rafram on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:18AM (#43782368)

It really isn’t such a big deal. Switching to A4 would mean replacing every single binder, folio, cover, and clip in the country, and for what? A slightly taller sheet of paper? US printers can already print A4 if necessary without any issue.

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by pasc1878 on Thursday April 24, 2025 @12:05PM (#43784366)

I think the UK has done that - I have foolscap and letter folder from the 70s. And no we did not replace every binder, folio etc.

We just bought new ones when needed.

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by jillyboel on Thursday April 24, 2025 @12:09PM (#43784399)

"Switching" to A4 won't force you to reprint every document you've ever printed in the past. It will require you to acknowledge that America does not, in fact, know best. And as recent developments have shown this is apparently an impossible ask.

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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by rafram on Thursday April 24, 2025 @12:23PM (#43784558)

This is just obnoxious. If you really do live in a much, much better country, then why don’t you get offline and enjoy it instead of spending your time trying to convince Americans that theirs is so much worse?

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