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Wild – A fast linker for Linux

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383 points hkalbasi | 1 comments | 24 Jan 25 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pzmarzly ◴[24 Jan 25 16:55 UTC] No.42815005[source]▶
Ever since mold relicensed from AGPL to MIT (as part of mold 2.0 release), the worldwide need for making another fast linker has been greatly reduced, so I wasn't expecting a project like this to appear. And definitely wasn't expecting it to already be 2x faster than mold in some cases. Will keep an eye on this project to see how it evolves, best of luck to the author.
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panzi ◴[25 Jan 25 03:05 UTC] No.42819089[source]▶
Why does AGPL Vs MIT matter for a linker?
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usr1106 ◴[25 Jan 25 09:53 UTC] No.42820650[source]▶
Hmm, my naive summary of AGPL is "If you run AGPL code in your web backend you are obliged to offer the backend source to everyone using a web client". No wonder it's explicitly forbidden at Google.

What does that mean for a linker? If you ship a binary linked with an AGPL linker you need to offer the source of the linker? Or of the program being linked?

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1. account42 ◴[27 Jan 25 12:13 UTC] No.42840311[source]▶
Instead of spreading FUD you could go read the AGPL.