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Rewriting the GNU Coreutils in Rust

Rewriting the GNU Coreutils in Rust

Posted Jun 23, 2021 12:01 UTC (Wed) by Klavs (guest, #10563)
Parent article: Rewriting the GNU Coreutils in Rust

Actually GPLv3 has not been a problem in ANY of the larger companies I've worked with (as a consultant) - BUT NONE of them SOLD their software on hardware devices.. So The problem with GPLv3 seems to ONLY be for those who sell hardware and want to control what they sell AFTER they have sold it.. Thats a very narrow set of companies who earn a hell of a lot of money (unfortunately IMHO).

I wish it possible/easy to contribute to a project licensed under MIT, or Apache2 - and keep YOUR contribution under the license you wanted (GPLv3 for me - because users freedom matter to me)..
I think the FSF should focus on HOW it could be made possible/easier to manage a project of dual-license.. perhaps "markings" in the project or some form of modularization - to clearly mark licenses?

I REALLY dislike that these few rich, monopoly-seeking, companies get to increase their monopoly by contributing enough (with a permissive license) - to get the whole world walking their way - which means we all suddenly help them keep their monopoly-ish behavior (most unwittingly because they don't care about details such as licenses - which again is sad and evidence of not knowing the history of our societies and how we ended up with all the freedoms they take for granted).


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