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bayindirh on Dec 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Progress toward a GCC-based Rust compiler

When you don’t have a GPL implementation, the only good implementation might be closed source fork of the LLVM version, effectively forking Rust into Rust and Rustium. Will life be good then?

sunshowers on Dec 18, 2023 [–]

This seems like an astoundingly remote possibility.

bayindirh on Dec 18, 2023 | [–]

Given the companies backing LLVM and the surrounding ecosystem, I think it’s an astounding possibility.

Companies love permissive licenses for a reason.

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