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		anematode 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week Source code is one thing; tests covering the codebase are another. And if you just copy the source code or translate it one-to-one into a new language, rather than make a behavioral copy, there will be copyright issues.

sealeck 18 days ago [–]

> there will be copyright issues

Next.js is MIT-licensed. Cloudflare's rewrite is... also MIT licensed...

anematode 18 days ago | [–]

Of course. I'm referring to rewrites of other software; you can easily launder GPLed code this way, for example.

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