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by nextparadigms 5209 days ago
Why did they remove it? What is GPL stopping them from doing?
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ajross 5208 days ago
It's just the standard fear. Shipping GPL code you didn't write means that you need to honor a license in ways you might not forsee. Some people view that as a scary risk and some don't. Rubin is firmly in the "GNU is for commies" camp. Shrug.
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