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[โ€“] ISO@lemmy.zip 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
  • Linux kernel code is GPLv2 licensed irrespective of language.
  • There are thousands of (A)GPL rust crates/libraries out there.
  • The majority of crates are indeed still liberally licensed, but so are most new projects from the last decade, irrespective of the choice of implementation language.
  • Rust project rewrites don't exclusively replace GPL projects, because there aren't actually that many core GPL software packages to replace. Neither sudo nor zlib are GPL software, just to give two examples. A lot of implemented-in-C core packages in your system right now are actually liberally licensed.
  • And just for the sake of accuracy, the supposed threat of liberal vs. copyleft is not about the so called corporate take over or control. It's about the ability to have proprietary forks/spin-offs. Plenty of GPL projects are corporate-controlled and always have been (see what projects Red Hat maintains).

You should try properly educating yourself on matters, instead of just taking whatever bullshit random often-clueless if not also malicious e-celebs spout at face value, or wherever you're getting these retarded theories from.

[โ€“] terabyterex@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

edit: wait, it looked like you responded to someone else, so if lemmy keeps my comment then i am now explaining why it doesnt make sense