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GPL license does matter vs MIT license

GPL license does matter vs MIT license

Posted Feb 20, 2025 20:00 UTC (Thu) by Alterego (guest, #55989)
Parent article: Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust

I find it very sad that they choose a non GPL license.

The GPL "obligation" to provide source code is a very good thing, and IMO a key of Linux success.


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GPL license does matter vs MIT license

Posted Feb 20, 2025 20:15 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

Who's going to produce a proprietary version of coreutils, and why wouldn't they just start with toybox or the BSD versions instead?


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