> The thing about open-source software that’s too often forgotten, it’s AS-IS, no exceptions. There is absolutely no SLA. That detail is right there in the lice

> The thing about open-source software that’s too often forgotten, it’s AS-IS, no exceptions. There is absolutely no SLA. That detail is right there in the license! In business terms, open-source maintainers are unpaid and unsecured vendors. By extension, people can learn some things about their employer by their opinions of using open source libraries in company products. 1. The company is against open source entirely, preferring to buy closed source alternatives, which tells you that the company thinks software development (and by extension you as the developer) is just a cost to be minimized that they don't care about otherwise. 2. The company is not against open source, but does a poor job of keeping tabs on security patches, which just tells you that the bosses are not very smart, I suppose. 3. The company does a good job of using open source, contributing back to the libraries they use to improve them, and keeps up with security patches and issues, which means the company is invested in its developers and development processes and is likely a good place to work.