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Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust (www.theregister.com)
submitted 4 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/opensource@programming.dev
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[-] maxwellfire@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I stand corrected. Thanks!

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