# Extracting discourse's text diffing functionality

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/extracting-discourses-text-diffing-functionality/87236>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extracting-discourses-text-diffing-functionality/87236 "2018-05-11T05:07:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extracting-discourses-text-diffing-functionality/87236/3 "2018-05-13T23:38:55Z")

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Note, strictly the gem should be GPL, but we are OK to waive that and allow this particular extraction to be MIT (similar to how onebox is MIT). Please note you need to clear this kind of stuff with us on a case-by-case basis.

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