karl3ļ¼ writeme.com wrote:
> > on line 2882 of gmp-impl.h in the feb 3 2025 development source of libgmp, 
> > lies an implementation of limb incrementation with nails.
> > there is an unspoken constraint on this code. the incrementation must not 
> > exceed NUMB_MAX. if it does, invali--
> > but it looks like this function is mostly used for carries, constants equal 
> > to 1, and as part of pseudorandom number generation
> > GMP_NUMB_MAX must be the maximum value for numbers in libgmp. This may be 
> > wh--
> > is it so clear? what is exactly clear?
> - is the constraint clear?
no this code is some of the most esoteric (and commonly used!) code there is
> - is it clear that karl is stealing gnu code?
no the gnu license advocates for code sharing
> - is it clear that karl is influenced to find vulnerabilities and expose them 
> to criminals without reporting them to devs or improving them, to such a 
> strong degree that he finds things that aren't vulnerabilities yet and 
> reports those?
maybe here we could replace "criminals" with "immoral use" to rotate axes 90 
degrees around different kinds of systems of law
> 
> that third one is what is clear

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