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[$] Free software's not-so-eXZellent adventure
Tuesday April 2, 2024. 06:22 PM , from LWN.net
A common theme in early-days anti-Linux FUD was that, since anybody can
contribute to the code, it cannot be trusted. Over two decades later, one rarely hears that line anymore; experience has shown that free-software communities are not prone to shipping overtly hostile code. But, as the backdooring of XZ has reminded us, the embedding of malicious code is, unfortunately, not limited to the proprietary realm. Our community will be busy analyzing this incident for some time to come, but clear conclusions may be hard to come by.
https://lwn.net/Articles/967866/
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