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A comment on Mold 2.0.0.

Re:Mold 2.0.0 by KolmogorovComp on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:12AM (#36878047)
Does someone know if this change of licence/business strategy is expected to expand to sold[0] (mold for macOS)?

[0] https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold

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Re:Mold 2.0.0 by bdcravens on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:34AM (#36878388)
At the very top of mold's README (my guess is no, it won't become OSS):

> This repository contains a free version of the mold linker. If you are looking for a commercial version that supports macOS please visit the repository of the sold linker.

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Re:Mold 2.0.0 by SmileyKeith on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:35AM (#36878415)
That has been there for a while so I think it's still an open question of if this change of strategy applies to that repo too
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Re:Mold 2.0.0 by SmileyKeith on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:50AM (#36879755)
Looks like someone filed an issue about this https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold/issues/35
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Re:Mold 2.0.0 by lathiat on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:44AM (#36878556)
Apple has a new parallel linker which may or may not be of interest : https://twitter.com/davidecci/status/1665835119331135488
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Re:Mold 2.0.0 by KingLancelot on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:46AM (#36878584)
I don’t get why Apple doesn’t sponsor the project and make Mold the default linker in Xcode.

Give him a stack of cash for his work and make all well with the Universe.

It’d be so easy for them.

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Re:Mold 2.0.0 by ChadNauseam on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:16AM (#36879132)
They're developing their own parallel linker - https://twitter.com/davidecci/status/1665835119331135488
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