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Re:Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust by dehrmann on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:37AM (#24339119)
> or they're sufficiently general and easiest to maintain by releasing back upstream

Exactly; maintaining a fork is a big pain. The ongoing cost of keeping it up-to-date is a pretty big incentive to merge it, even if there's not a legal requirement.

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Re:Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust by afiori on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:38AM (#24342227)
many argue that a legal requirement is detrimental in practice, as in that case the company cannot independently decide how much to upstream.

with GPL you need a legal team to decide and plan how much to use, with BSD/MIT it can be an afterthought.

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