> I just don't understand why open source software can continue with the assumption that every single contributor is honest It's not a bare assumption of hones

> I just don't understand why open source software can continue with the assumption that every single contributor is honest It's not a bare assumption of honestly, it's an established relationship of trust. If you have zero trust then you cannot have any collaboration with other humans; it would be definition take as much or more effort than any creation to verify that the creation is fully safe in an current and future potential contexts. That trust with the university was broken, and in doing so their work has been reviewed and oft rejected.