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Ubuntu explores replacing gnu utils with rust based uutils
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I seem to recall some drama about rust in the kernel... what could that mean...
Nothing. The language used has absolutely nothing to do with the license.
All the kernel Rust code is GPL, so you can leave that slippery slope alone. MIT licenced core utils just leave the door open to eventually using them in the BSDs as well.
That has nothing to do with anything. rust code has nothing to do with the license.