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> This is a very worrying development Agreed. > reduces my trust in FOSS Please don't distrust a whole category because of a single tool. Most FOSS tools don
by AsyncAwait 10y ago
> This is a very worrying development
Agreed.
> reduces my trust in FOSS
Please don't distrust a whole category because of a single tool. Most FOSS tools don't do this, especially if they're "Free Software" as opposed to just being "open-source", since "Free Software" indicates a moral, not just practical stance on software.
- Nursie 10y agoWell perhaps my assumptions about well-known and widely used open source stuff were just too naive. I guess I'm not really thinking "distrust them like they actively include malware" just that it looks like I need to at least keep a look out for stuff like this. I love FOSS. I believe in it, I use it all the time, I've made a few minor contributions here and there too. It's not like I'm saying "OMG FOSS is teh evil!", just that maybe my trust level was calibrated a little high :)