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Ubuntu 26.10 Moves cp, mv & rm Over To Rust Coreutils For 100% Transition (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

GPL doesn't allow for closed source forks. MIT does. You can add extra features without removing compatibility, by adding new flags, etc. Though I do struggle to come up with what premium features cp, mv and rm in particular could be expanded with.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I don't think that is a problem. As long as the GNU tools behave as the original ones, that's okay. If someone wants to target Ubuntu extensions of the tools, they can. Also when did any Linux distribution anytime locked up their own version of MIT tools without sharing the source code?

    It just feels like people are making up issues that aren't.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    Also when did any Linux distribution anytime locked up their own version of MIT tools without sharing the source code?

    I mean RHEL has been kinda doing it with GPL for a few years. They share the code with you if you have a subscription, since they have to, but if you share it with anyone, they'll void your subscription contract. With MIT you can skip that scheme altogether and just make version closed source.

    Like... Why else would they use MIT here? They could have just used GPL for the Rust coreutils.

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