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rsync has a very restrictive licence.

• kzrdude 6y ago
  As a user-facing program it literally doesn't matter, it's only a political issue. You install it and you use it. The problem is if you're scared of the presence of GPLv3 for no reason.
  • eznzt 6y ago
    It means that for example Mac OS or Windows will not bundle it by default.
    • kzrdude 6y ago
      Because they are scared of the presence of GPLv3 for no reason. Still a good point. Mac OS also doesn't ship modern GCC or Bash, so they are pretty much at war with reality at this point - or rather - creating their own ecosystem.
      • em-bee 6y ago
        every other unix system besides linux used to be like that. for many sysadmins the first action on a new unix server or workstation was to install gnu tools. apple decided to include those tools by default possibly in order to attract users. then they decided to stop updating and now macos is no better than those other unix systems used to be. i used a mac for a few years and i don't miss the experience. gnu/linux just works
    • zeveb 6y ago
      I think that problem is with macOS & Windows, not with rsync. There is no real reason why either cannot bundle it; they just choose not to.
• pabs3 6y ago
  There is openrsync if you don't like the rsync license. https://www.openrsync.org/ https://www.openrsync.org/