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Re:Bytehound: Memory Profiler for Linux by nicbn on Thursday May 23, 2024 @04:57PM (#40459818)
It's common among Rust projects (the standard library also uses it).

Apache 2 has a patent grant so it's preferred by companies, but is not compatible with GPLv2, and MIT is compatible with GPLv2.

Source: https://prev.rust-lang.org/id-ID/faq.html#why-a-dual-mit-asl...

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Re:Bytehound: Memory Profiler for Linux by o11c on Thursday May 23, 2024 @06:49PM (#40460823)
For completeness:

Apache 2 is compatible with GPL 3, which outside the kernel most of the world uses.

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Re:Bytehound: Memory Profiler for Linux by cthalupa on Thursday May 23, 2024 @07:53PM (#40461324)
> which outside the kernel most of the world uses.

I'm... Not sure that is the case?

Some big projects still on (L)GPLv2, off the top of my head:

MySQL & MariaDB, QEMU, Busybox, Git, Wireshark, probably many many more.

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