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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by Gigachad on Monday April 01, 2024 @06:11AM (#39892469)
That’s basically how it is right now. Millions of companies freeloading off the work of unpaid open source developers. Unsurprisingly they sometimes leave and it causes problems.
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by cjk2 on Monday April 01, 2024 @07:19AM (#39892903)
This. I've had my buggy shit accepted into at least three open source projects so far with little to no verification.
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