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C++ and Java, which have many implementations, also have proprietary distributions, see Apple’s fork of Clang, Microsoft’s MSVC, Azul VM, Jamaica VM, ...

And some of them are pretty nice. Life is good.

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When you don’t have a GPL implementation, the only good implementation might be closed source fork of the LLVM version, effectively forking Rust into Rust and Rustium. Will life be good then?

This seems like an astoundingly remote possibility.

Given the companies backing LLVM and the surrounding ecosystem, I think it’s an astounding possibility.

Companies love permissive licenses for a reason.

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