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by k__ 2056 days ago
It's also free software, which is a pro for some and a con for others.
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Hold on there, let's not blur any definitions - Nix is also Free software, with the tools chiefly licensed as LGPL.

The difference comes in the maintained software distribution, nixpkgs, being less strict in its package inclusion criteria than its guix equivalent.

Sorry, yes. That's what I wanted to say.