> This policy will probably make some downstream users nervous, but maybe it encourages them to contribute a little more.
This is an understated but brilliant framing. Oh I know they won't contribute, users will continue to apply pressure through issue threads saying that their clueless security teams are breathing down their necks. But at least you'd hope this gives pause.
The linked issue is worth a read, it's a shame the burden that corporate leeches like apple and google have placed on him. To them this project is simply free labour they have assumed they are entitled to and by extension are subject to their individual security theatrics.
This is an understated but brilliant framing. Oh I know they won't contribute, users will continue to apply pressure through issue threads saying that their clueless security teams are breathing down their necks. But at least you'd hope this gives pause.
The linked issue is worth a read, it's a shame the burden that corporate leeches like apple and google have placed on him. To them this project is simply free labour they have assumed they are entitled to and by extension are subject to their individual security theatrics.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/913