If it work don't change it

[onf]

onf ~ > /usr/local/bin/nano --version
GNU nano, version 5.8
(C) 1999-2011, 2013-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
(C) 2014-2021 the contributors to nano
Compiled options: --disable-libmagic --enable-utf8

onf ~ > /usr/bin/nano --version
GNU nano version 2.0.6 (compiled 15:02:06, Jun 17 2021)
Email: nano@nano-editor.org Web: http://www.nano-editor.org/
Compiled options: --disable-nls --enable-color --enable-extra --enable-multibuffer --enable-nanorc --enable-utf8

nano-2.0.6.tar.gz 2007-04-26 14:13 1.3M
nano-5.8.tar.gz 2021-06-15 10:26 2.9M

At least it has been recompiled.

 

[frou]

It's because Apple is allergic to shipping GPLv3 licensed software. Same situation for other stuff such as bash itself.

We just need to install up to date versions using Homebrew. Slightly annoying but oh well.