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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by avar on Monday June 10, 2019 @12:04PM (#20147988)
They haven't been removing GPL code actively, they decided not to take the risk of using GPL version 3 software, so they've let the respective versions of bash, rsync etc. linger at their last released GPL version 2 releases.

E.g. Git is on GPL version 2 still (and probably forever), and Apple continues to update that in a relatively timely fashion.

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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by soulofmischief on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @03:31PM (#20168374)
Apple just switched to zsh, which is not GPL other than a few optional shell functions. Expect this trend to continue.
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