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Re:Reimplementing the Coreutils in a modern language (Rust) by sophacles on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:21PM (#34782463)
The big difference with this analogy being: the HOA is an active entity that can change the rules. If you take some GPL2 code and use it, the license doesnt change - if it's gplv2 or later and someone distributes it gplv3, it doesn't change for you, etc.
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Re:Reimplementing the Coreutils in a modern language (Rust) by roarcher on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:40PM (#34782658)
I knew I'd get called out for the HOA analogy lol. My point wasn't that HOAs are similar to copyleft code, that's taking the analogy much further than it was intended. My point is only that people are free to make decisions about what works for them. Calling someone "afraid" because they opt out of something is hyperbolic and counterproductive.
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