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by Xylakant 363 days ago
> It's permissively licensed, unfortunately. Wonder why.

I've been loosely involved in setting this up, so I can say a little: The people that funded the initial work wanted it permissively licensed. My (somethwat informed) conjecture is that they rank making things secure - even in closed source apps that now could take the code - higher than barring closed forks. It also tracks with the Rust ecosystem in general - APL or derivates are very common in that ecosystem.