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So Rust gets thrown out of Debian & derivatives, not a big deal. But soon the Linux kernel will depend on a non-free compiler? Huge.
by jjgreen 4y ago
So Rust gets thrown out of Debian & derivatives, not a big deal. But soon the Linux kernel will depend on a non-free compiler? Huge.
- josephcsible 4y agoIs there anything from the FSF or some other authoritative or reliable source that says rustc is actually non-free because of this?
- rurban 4y agorust is still free. just debian prefers to ship a stripped variant and calls it rust and cargo, which violates the rust trademark. debian can call it debrust, and the kernel can choose to support this and the official rustc.
- yakubin 4y agoRust isn't any less "free" than Debian. If you forked Debian, you also would need to change the name, due to the trademark.