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Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I would argue a move away from GPL is a bad idea. I am surprised Ubuntu explicitly mentioned licensing, and not technical reasons, as a reason for this move.

EDIT: I misread the point about Canonical focusing on licensing as their main driver for the move.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They didn't mention licensing as the reason for the move. The community members in the discourse thread mentioned licensing as their reason for opposing the move. Canonical itself mentioned memory safety and speed as the main reasons, saying the licensing wasn't part of the reason why

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

I stand corrected. Thanks!