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		procaryote 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia I imagine it will kind of work, with some weird traps, much like the ancient version of bash bundled, or the buggy bsd grep bundled or the weird mktemp bundled etc Mac OS userland is slowly rotting away because they're terrified of GPL. It's strange, as installing a modern version of rsync seems like it would be specifically allowed by GPL without "infecting" any other parts of the OS

pasc1878 10 months ago [–]

The important word here is "seems". Where is the case law that backs up your statements. Apple does not want to be part of a legal case re GPL.

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