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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by Snow_Falls on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @06:42AM (#38853002)
Yeah, I'm not a fan of the rust ecosystem trying to move everything from FSF-style free/libre licenses to permissive licenses.
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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by m4rtink on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:39AM (#38853899)
Yeah - memory safety, why not (though its not a silver bullet) but why change te license to one that can be quite dangerous over time for something this important?
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