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[Open question] Why are so many ~~rust~~ opensource projects MIT licensed? (opensource.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A few people pointed out that many rust projects were MIT licensed and since then I indeed have seen MIT licensed projects everywhere in Rust. Then I found the link of this post and it looks like MIT was by far the most popular license in all of opensource in 2023.

Any ideas why?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

...developing for a platform that doesn't allow LGPL3 libraries to be used because users can't replace the LGPL3-licensed binary (ios, android, game consoles, proprietary hardware)...

TIL. I didn't know that LGPL would add any additional restrictions except for inside the library

Explanation from HN in case anyone else is wondering:

In the case of the App Store, Apple is the one doing distribution, so Apple must also comply with the terms of the license (in addition to the app developer). Apple has decided they will not do that (that is, people they distribute to will not have the ability to modify the LGPL code, relink the final executable, and run it on their devices), so Apple cannot legally distribute binaries that contain LGPL code.

It only makes sense, then, that Apple should preemptively reject apps that link in LGPL code, as they know that they will not abide by the licensing terms.