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The one thing I wish more of these comparison tables had was licensing info, so for those like me who are curious: 1. GNU grep - GPLv3+ 2. ack - Artistic Lice
by arca_vorago 9y ago
The one thing I wish more of these comparison tables had was licensing info, so for those like me who are curious:
1. GNU grep - GPLv3+
2. ack - Artistic License v2.0
3. ag (aka silver searcher) - Apache License 2.0
4. git-grep - GPlv2+/LGPLv2.1+
5. rg - MIT license
So with maybe the exception of rg, all are gpl compatible, that's great news.
- burntsushi 9y agoAnything that is permissively licensed (like ripgrep) is generally GPL compatible.[1] Note also that ripgrep is dual licensed under the Unlicense or the MIT license, both of which are explicitly GPL compatible according to [1]. [1] - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html
- petdance 9y agoI'm going to be making a new chart that is more about features than command flags. I'll include the licensing information. Thanks. https://github.com/beyondgrep/website/issues/80 https://github.com/beyondgrep/website/issues/80