RumRunningDevil

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How Linux developers defeated the new OS age-verification laws in c/linux@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RumRunningDevil@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Oh come on we know how this works. Age verification is a prelude to digital ID and that "totally optional user field" is a prelude to something not optional. The current incarnation of that PR is optional and user controlled but it leaves us open to more and more.

Never give them an inch

Bugs Rust Won't Catch | corrode Rust Consulting in c/technology@lemmy.world
[โ€“] RumRunningDevil@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm not a rust programmer, can anyone with experience in systems programming explain a legitimate use case for the uutils other than weakening the GPL? The auther even admits that several coreutils are still GNU in 26.04 which begs one to ask "why the rewrite?"