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Shining city of open source, I have to laugh. You provided code, that is in a central place called Github (with an octopus-cat mascot...), that is now used to t
by hwbunny 2y ago
Shining city of open source, I have to laugh. You provided code, that is in a central place called Github (with an octopus-cat mascot...), that is now used to train LLM models, that will unemploy a lot of developers. It is and was a trojan from the get go. That is your shiny city of open source. Oh, and unless you are a very known entity in the space, you won't get any money for your work. This is the biggest farce ever concocted. Just let FOSS turn into POSS, Paid Open Source Software. It won't happen.
Anyways. I don't really understand what the author is talking here. Seems like he is in a very deep forest. Since the fines start from 5 million eur... The CRA is not about FOSS developers, it's mostly about companies who create devices that we use in our everyday lives.
Apple phones do not auto install updates, now they will. Intel will think twice before implementing some untested shit. Companies will react swiftly when something goes sideways inside their product. If you enter the router market you have to provide security updates for a loooong time, and make sure the default password is not "" or admin...
Everyone, literally everyone shat on security, until now.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago> I don't really understand what the author is talking here. Seems like he is in a very deep forest. Since the fines start from 5 million eur... The CRA is not about FOSS developers But the author’s point is that the law as written, would apply to open source as well. It would create liability for open source contributors even if they have no business relationship to those using this software. That seems bad and it seems like it would greatly benefit deeply pocketed private software companies.
- hwbunny 2y agoYeah, but it won't.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoCould you explain why? Are they reading the law incorrectly? Or are you just speculating that in practice it won’t be enforced against open source software even though the law would allow that enforcement?
- whatevaa 2y agoPretty sure they're just "sure" nothing bad will happen. I mean, if they're wrong what will happen to them? Nothing. Might as well say random bullshit.