really, please share the topic??
if the contents of a source file changes whilst copying it, that would lead to data loss.
that applies to most any copy tools.
whereas, --inplace applies after the file copy operation has completed.
on windows, the workaround is to create a VSS snapshot and use that as the source.
that is what i do.
i have a handy, dandy howto guide
https://forum.rclone.org/t/how-to-enable-vss-for-rclone-on-windows/11675