> And yes my argument is weak because I’m actually not an expert on core utility development.
Yes, and I'm trying to point out why your argument is weak. You said things like this:
> But I wonder if the core utils which have been rewritten got rewritten by the original maintainers? And again the question why not simply write something new. With a modern architecture etc rather than drop in replacements.
And it honestly just comes across as rather rude. People do write things that are new. People also write things that re-implement older interfaces. Sometimes those people are even the same people.
Like, why are you even questioning this? What does it matter to you? People have been re-implementing older tools for decades. This isn't a new thing.
> Nor did I claim that a rewrite is fine when it’s changing to a license I like.
When I pointed it out, your response was, "oh yeah but they did this other thing that made it all okay."
