@lupyuen This is after all a variant of "The Tragedy of the Commons", and I doubt that there are simple solutions. I only know that involving government, as has been suggested, is the worst possible path forward.

@niclas @lupyuen there's no tragedy of the commons because "freeloaders" present no extra demand or wear on the software. It doesn't go bad because too many people use it, which is what the tragedy of the commons is about.

@Sophistifunk @lupyuen Yes no wear, and I wrote "variant". But there IS extra demand on the software as more and more use it. If you and I were the only users of Log4j and no one else, then it's bug wouldn't matter much (other than to two of us). More and more users, but no one care for it, they all suffer the same consequences... It is not far from the "Tragedy", albeit not exactly the same...

Open Source Survival (good reading) 

Was reading one article that was good but the BONUS by Bruno Lowagie in the comments was the another cake and cherry article on top:

entreprenerd.lowagie.com/ossur

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