3 ms·
Even a dead man switch is not enough. jwz added a "WARNING: This version is very old! Please upgrade!" time bomb message to xscreensaver's about dialog and Debi
by cpeterso 4y ago
Even a dead man switch is not enough. jwz added a "WARNING: This version is very old! Please upgrade!" time bomb message to xscreensaver's about dialog and Debian removed the warning code instead of upgrading to the fixed version of xscreensaver. Google "I would like Debian to stop shipping XScreenSaver" for details.
- temac 4y agoDebian is taking care of security maintenance of the software they ship. Now: maybe they will do a poor job of it, but that's another issue than intent; some users misdirect support requests to the upstream, but unless Debian version is misleading them, that's a problem with the users. The point of free software is to be free. If you do not wish people to be allowed to use and maintain it, and if you wish to have the possibility to "unpublish" or make old version non-free, you should use a non-free licence to begin with.
- thechao 4y agoI would argue that removing the warning triggers the "you touched it last" clause of FOSS development. I've done this exact thing multiple times, and the complaints always go away.