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Re:Rsync client-side arbitrary file write vulnerability by netheril96 on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @10:33PM (#32326977)
You can’t impose penalties for free and open source projects though. Well, you can, but that results in much fewer open source projects being ever developed.
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Re:Rsync client-side arbitrary file write vulnerability by pjmlp on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @01:35AM (#32327997)
Sure you can, just like people selling street food have to take care no one gets food poison.
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Re:Rsync client-side arbitrary file write vulnerability by account42 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:57AM (#32331076)
OTOH this also stops people from giving away food they don't need anymore. Something like good samaritan laws should apply here as well.
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Re:Rsync client-side arbitrary file write vulnerability by pjmlp on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:27AM (#32331401)
That is why we have charities that take care of handling such issues.
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