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No, maintaining such software should be a paid job. Not that that guarantees all, but it could be a step.

• yunohn 3y ago
  Who is the employer? I’m all for supporting open source and am a maintainer and contributor myself, but I don’t think blindly stating it should be a job is the solution.
  • tgv 3y ago
    That's a thorny question. Self-employed is an option, but it limits the possibilities: a small project/library won't bring enough funding, so you'd have to acquire more projects and funding. A larger company doing only OSS could work. It can help keeping all those languishing projects up to date, because it's simply part of someone's job now instead of voluntary work after hours. Such a company could also organize security checks and vet the contributors. Didn't Redhat work like that? But it's not a solution for all problems.