Toybox vs BusyBox - Rob Landley, hobbyist
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Rob Landley compares Toybox and BusyBox and surveys options for embedded system command-line tools, including GNU. He also tells the story of leaving BusyBox, Toybox becoming Android's command line, and licensing.
Why HN recommends it: HN recommends it for the toybox intro and for Landley's candid account of software licensing and why he created the 0BSD license.
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