Speed of light? [was Re: GPL vs BSD Licence]

[Marc Ramirez]

On Tuesday 02 November 2004 07:53 am, Vijay Kaul wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:45:16 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt
> > I say the speed of light is so-and-so many miles per second well, I'm
> > right, right?  No.  It depends on how strong any gravitational
> > fields happen to be that are near what I'm observing.  In short,
> > contextual understanding.
>
> <-snip->
>
> IANAPhysicist but, isn't the speed of light in a vacuum constant? Well, it
> may be being actively debated by cosmologists attempting to explain the
> origins of the universe; but, VSL aside... the speed of light is
> 2.998something x10^8 m/s in vacuum.
>
> Sorry, but this is chat, and I figured I ask.

Yes, it is a fixed speed in a vacuum; it gets redshifted in a graviational 
field.

Marc.

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