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That’s just a wish. How do you create the incentive for it?
by zepto 5y ago
That’s just a wish.
How do you create the incentive for it?
- fsflover 5y agoI think that just must be a law. I see no other possibility.
- zepto 5y agoHow would the law define ‘support ends’? Also seizing source code at gunpoint seems antithetical to the notion of free software.
- fsflover 5y agoThis is the question of security, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27387169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27387169. > How would the law define ‘support ends’? Whenever the company refuses to fix security bugs.
- zepto 5y agoWhat if they don’t refuse - but are just slow or inefficient or produce bad fixes?
- fsflover 5y agoThere exist more or less standard times for fixing security bugs. Let's say 90 days. If a company cannot provide security for their customers in a reasonable time, they must be held accountable.
- zepto 5y agoSure - typically the remedy for negligence would be compensation for the impact. Seizing property at gunpoint doesn’t seem related to this.