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Joe Cooper's take on pressuring project maintainers: https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dont-panic-ssh-exploit-in-bleeding-edge-code-you-shouldnt-run-on-a-server/12

Joe Cooper's take on pressuring project maintainers: https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dont-panic-ssh-exploit-in-bleeding-edge-code-you-shouldnt-run-on-a-server/125703/5 https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dont-panic-ssh-exploit-in-ble... somewhat ironic, but I'd say effective.

Longlius 3y ago
I don't even think it's necessarily moderation so much as maintaining these high-traffic projects is now akin to a full-time job minus the pay. At a certain point, companies need to step up and provide funding or engineering work or they should just keep expecting to get owned.
- Vegenoid 3y ago
  If there is a larger shift to companies paying for the software they rely on that is currently free, it's not going to be companies paying open-source maintainers, it's going to be companies paying other companies that they can sign contracts with and pass legal responsibility to.
- nmz 3y ago
  Why would they when they can just... not?