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Re:Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust by trelane on Sunday March 09, 2025 @10:32PM (#43316421)
The GPLv3 was explicitly created to prevent tivoization.
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Re:Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust by pabs3 on Monday March 10, 2025 @12:34AM (#43317046)
The GPLv2 already did that, the GPLv3 was created to prevent what TiVo did (not Tivoization), but ended up not actually doing that.
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