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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by master-lincoln on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:07AM (#38852394)
This is an ideological view that I would oppose. GPL is beneficial for the user compared to MIT because any improvements made by users of a project will be open for everybody again. With MIT it's just easier to make a profit without giving back. That is not in the interest of consumers
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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by ilikehurdles on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:15AM (#38852442)
It sounds like we agree? With the GPL all users have the right to look at the code. With MIT none do.

This seems like a pretty straightforward consumer benefit that anyone should be able to acknowledge regardless of which license they develop with.

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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by master-lincoln on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:11AM (#38853633)
indeed, sorry, not sure why I got this wrong
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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by cmrdporcupine on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:24AM (#38852487)
yeah seems like they read your comment wrong
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