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Openrsync – a clean-room implementation of rsync with a BSD (ISC) license

• bjoli 8y ago
  Is there any reason for this apart from disliking GPLv3? The open part seems rather slanderous considering that rsync, from what I gather, is also open.
  • chousuke 8y ago
    My first impression is that the author might intend to have this included in the OpenBSD base system, which I suppose requires a clean reimplementation. I can see how it might be something they'd want in base. I suppose rewriting it would also make it easier to employ whatever security hardening techniques are available in OpenBSD for a tool like rsync.
  • upofadown 8y ago
    The "open" bit is a convention ... as in openssh and opensmtpd[1]. Having a BSD licensed version of something allows that something to be included and maintained with BSD OS distributions, OpenBSD in particular. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD#Subprojects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD#Subprojects