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The rewrite has NOTHING to do with security and is all about licensing. coreutils are GLPv3 rust-coreutils are MIT

• Ginden 1y ago
  So what? Standalone binaries don't infect other things with copyleft anyway.
  • LtWorf 1y ago
    Apple never upgraded to GPL3 coreutils, bash and remained away from anything GPL3…
    • Ginden 1y ago
      Oh, you mean specifically GPL v3 license, not any GPL license. Yeah, broad tivoisation and patent clauses make it a problem, because making any patent litigation on unrelated grounds has potential to lose ability to ship the entire OS.
  • yoyohello13 1y ago
    There is a lot of FUD spread about GPL so companies tend to just nope out entirely.
  • mort96 1y ago
    Is that true? If I make a product, and that product runs some embedded Linux system with GPLv3-licensed coreutils, are you confident that my product isn't infected by GPLv3? Canonical is trying to position Ubuntu as a relevant player in the embedded space.
    • johnny22 1y ago
      This hasn't stopped anybody from releasing a product that I'm aware of.
      • mort96 1y ago
        What information channels do you have which would notify you any time someone decides not to develop a product?