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Open Source Maintenance | Anteru's Blog
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XZ Backdoor: Not the End of Open Source | Tales about Software Engineering
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| | When I stumbled across a post that an encryption library offers a potential backdoor to SSH connectivity on Good Friday, my first thought was: why is it always on a Friday that these things drop? And then my second one: oh bugger, here goes my weekend. Now, I won't go into the technical details, there are many, many, many, many better resources out there, but I can't help thinking that this would/should force the software industry to think.
| | duerrenberger.dev
Discussions Around log4j and FOSS - DevLog
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| | The latest log4j RCE vulnerability triggered quite a few discussions around maintaining FOSS projects
| | philipwalton.com
How to Find Qualified Developers - Philip Walton
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| | Thoughts on web development, open source, software architecture, and the future.
| | shazow.net
Permissive vs Copyleft Open Source | shazow.net
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| [AI summary] An article arguing that permissive open source licenses are more effective than copyleft licenses at fostering collaboration, code reuse, and the creation of public goods, using real-world examples like MongoDB and Elasticsearch to illustrate how restrictive licensing often leads to proprietary forks.