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Re:Reimplementing the Coreutils in a modern language (Rust) by nextaccountic on Monday February 13, 2023 @11:16PM (#34785221)
> Because companies generally refuse to use GPL code at all

You mean, they refuse to use Linux?

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Re:Reimplementing the Coreutils in a modern language (Rust) by josephg on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @01:27AM (#34786139)
Most companies refuse to incorporate GPL code / libraries into their projects. The question is what counts as a "derivative work". Using linux as an OS target is fine, but statically linking GPLed libraries is generally not ok.

Companies seem happy using GPL software (like linux) only so far as they're allowed to ignore all the share-alike clauses of the GPL.

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