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Re:Date bug in Rust-based coreutils affects Ubuntu 25.10 aut... by testdelacc1 on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:14AM (#45691788)
In this hypothetical situation are Canonical also replacing the GPL Linux kernel? If they’re not replacing the Kernel, how does anything change for the end user?
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Re:Date bug in Rust-based coreutils affects Ubuntu 25.10 aut... by gldrk on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:25AM (#45691853)
Linux is GPLv2, there is no tivoization protection. In fact most tivoized devices run Linux.
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Re:Date bug in Rust-based coreutils affects Ubuntu 25.10 aut... by pabs3 on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:47AM (#45691997)
The Software Freedom Conservancy disagrees, and they are the main enforcers of the GPL these days, especially for Linux.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/mar/25/install-gplv2/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-t... https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017...

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Re:Date bug in Rust-based coreutils affects Ubuntu 25.10 aut... by viraptor on Friday October 24, 2025 @05:31AM (#45692668)
Basically every IOT/router/phone/whatever which is advanced enough runs Linux and almost every one of them enforces firmware signing. They'd have to fight the whole world at this point.
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Re:Date bug in Rust-based coreutils affects Ubuntu 25.10 aut... by pabs3 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @07:11AM (#45702921)
They'll be doing that I expect, they are starting by making it possible for anyone to sue over GPL compliance, not just the authors.

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

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