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toybox and the BSDs already exist for those wanting permissively licensed utilities, the GPL is not a major motivator.
by TazeTSchnitzel 2y ago
toybox and the BSDs already exist for those wanting permissively licensed utilities, the GPL is not a major motivator.
- immibis 2y agoThey do, but they're minimal versions, not one-for-one compatible with the GNU versions. Every proprietary Linux OS (such as most Android phones) uses busybox, at a slight disadvantage to them, because they can't handle using GPL3 coreutils. Now they'll use the MIT-licensed drop-in replacement coreutils.