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Re:Apple's libc shells out to Perl to implement wordexp by _ZeD_ on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @05:55AM (#9026430)
"Forking to shell is the only way to reuse bash's code."

well, the other obvius way is to license this piece of code as GPLv2.

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Re:Apple's libc shells out to Perl to implement wordexp by yetihehe on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @06:20AM (#9026506)
AFAIK this is THE reason for GPL. So that you either release your code and contribute to open source or suffer from slower access methods.
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Re:Apple's libc shells out to Perl to implement wordexp by feld on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @08:57AM (#9027078)
The BSDs doesn't ship with bash and their wordexp shelling out to /bin/sh doesn't suffer, so I don't see how this is a reason for the GPL.
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Re:Apple's libc shells out to Perl to implement wordexp by yetihehe on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @11:50AM (#9028288)
Probably I've written it not clearly enough: "Reason for GPL not allowing you to use code in your own programs, but allowing use through exec: you either release your code and contribute to open source or suffer from slower access methods."
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Re:Apple's libc shells out to Perl to implement wordexp by feld on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @03:40PM (#9029752)
ahh, ok; that's clearer
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Re:Apple's libc shells out to Perl to implement wordexp by tedunangst on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @07:36AM (#9026735)
Which would require libc to be GPL, something not even glibc does.
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