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busybox is not an option because of the GPLv3. http://landley.net/toybox/about.html http://landley.net/toybox/about.html might be one.
by my123 5y ago
busybox is not an option because of the GPLv3. http://landley.net/toybox/about.html http://landley.net/toybox/about.html might be one.
- swiley 5y agoMan what a drag, it's a real bummer a multi billion dollar cooperation can't just rip off open source projects.
- dagmx 5y agoThey do contribute quite a bit to OSS. GPL has a lot of other considerations when mixed with proprietary code however which makes it a very unpragmatic choice for commercial software companies who may be bound by multiple licenses.
- joshenders 5y agoAh, yep. You win. licensing is definitely the reason. Guess it’s time to re-implement busybox in Rust with a non-viral license!
- my123 5y ago(sorry, I misremembered. busybox is actually under the GPLv2)