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> Firefox security patches are applied to prevent vulnerabilities Sure, but at what rate? If Mozilla releases a critical patch today, and the core maintainer r
by 4oh9do 4y ago
> Firefox security patches are applied to prevent vulnerabilities
Sure, but at what rate? If Mozilla releases a critical patch today, and the core maintainer responsible for build maintenance is away on vacation for two weeks, what happens?
- night-rider 4y agoValid point.
- mrkramer 4y agoThat's the main problem behind FOSS; they are not incentivized to be 100% dedicated to the project. Their FOSS projects are labour of love not labour of money.
- funcDropShadow 4y agoYou say it is a problem with FOSS projects. Isn't it more a problem with hobby projects? Some FOSS projects are hobby projects others not. As show cased by the fact that Firefox itself is a FOSS project. Timely maintenance is also problematic with hobby closed-source projects or hobby apps on closed platforms, like iOS and Android.
- mrkramer 4y ago>You say it is a problem with FOSS projects. Isn't it more a problem with hobby projects? Some FOSS projects are hobby projects others not. As show cased by the fact that Firefox itself is a FOSS project. Mozilla gets paid $500m a year by Google so that Google can be default search engine on Firefox. They have the money that keeps them "incentivized" although they are FOSS and nonprofit. Or in another words Gitlab and Github FOSS devs do not have salaries like Mozilla people do, the only thing they get is an occasional donation.