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Rust Coreutils 0.1 Released With Big Performance Gains - Can Match Or Exceed GNU Speed
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MIT instead of GPL 👎
Using MIT license means the developers cannot look at GNU source code when writing code for uutils. This feels like a unnecessary hurdle given that uutils wants to be 100% compatible with GNU tools.
That's not accurate. They can look at it, but they can't port it. But looking at how it works and then coming up with their own implementation is fine.
@jenesaisquoi @Ordoviz It’s a gray area, legally. What you say is theoretically correct, but there’s practical issues once you’ve looked at the code that will open you up to legal liability anyway.
For instance, what if you need a utility function during your reimplementation for which there is really only one obvious implementation? You can no longer claim to have come up with it by yourself.
I doubt the FSF would sue over it, but companies are known to avoid the risk.