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0 pointsburntsushi5mo ago0 comments

<rewind to the 90s>: This begs [sic] the question why copyleft evangelists keep targeting existing projects instead of focusing writing new, better software.

Few things in this life are novel. Regardless, when I wrote ripgrep, I was focusing on writing new and better software. I perceived several problems with similar tools at the time and set out to do something better.

Imagine if people actually listened to whinging like your comment. I'm glad I never have.

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wolvesechoes5mo ago

Good analogy with copyleft rewrites - most of those Rust rewrites tend to use permissive licenses, so it is clear they aim to destroy civilizational achievements.

burntsushiOP5mo ago

That doesn't make any sense.

friendly_wizard5mo ago

Close to 100% positive that comment was tongue in cheek

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