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Comment by lifthrasiir | Hacker News Reader

(Ab)using `build.rs` for license checking is brilliant and horrible at once ;-) (Another argument for sandboxing build scripts?)

By the way, `Cargo.toml` example in the installation section has a significant typo:

    symbolica = { "*" }   # Should have been just `symbolica = "*"`.

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Thanks for reporting, I fixed the typo.

I actually had an idea to do an OEM license check in build.rs that compiles out all license checks so that this version can be included in customers' software ^^

EDIT: Symbolica doesn't use `build.rs` for license checking, that was clearly my misunderstanding.

I can’t find this code - which build.rs file is it in?

See https://symbolica.io/docs/get_started.html#license for the context.

I see all the license checking code in lib.rs but nothing in build.rs?

Ooh, you were right. Either something has changed since my initial viewing (unlikely) or I have incorrectly assumed that it is in build.rs because all other examples don't contain `LicenseManager` (much more likely).

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