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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by omegaham on Thursday April 24, 2025 @12:50PM (#43784839)
Grade school for me - teachers would say "8.5x11" instead of "letter size" or even just "printer paper." I don't know why they did it, and I assume it's for the same reason that I say it too. It's probably what their teachers said to them!
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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by adastra22 on Friday April 25, 2025 @12:01PM (#43795096)
Because that’s the size of the paper.
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