I think this #xz thing is gonna go down as the day #FLOSS officially lost its innocence.
You know what I hope comes out of this moment of sincere sadness for those who care about this stuff?
A sense that we will no longer be abused by Megacorps who build on the backs of our work but can't be arsed to help fund that work despite the fact that literally THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THEIR BUSINESS depends on it.
Do you think #google, #amazon or #facebook could exist in their current form without oodles of super high quality free software to run their server swarms on?
Because they can't. For those of us old enough to remember, just imagine "the cloud" if every virtual server required a Solaris or SCO license.
If you've given all you can give, walk away. Open source is wonderful and amazing but you are human and your health and well being is more important. I don't care what falls down as a result.
People can choose the wrong thing also - DON'T FORGET THAT AS POSSIBLE STORYLINE!
@feoh But like a plot twist in a movie...
They want to be abused / they like the exchange / they are aware of the devalue-ing nature of megacorps / bigtech... they choose it.
People can choose the wrong thing AND people tend to forget / overlook that as possible main reason.
That's also why it does fall. People want it.
#Luxury + Deliberate #Ignorance
#BigTech + #Bourgeoisie
