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Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/opensource

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

I stand corrected. Thanks!