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many people are patriots of their countries. if state agency would approach them proposing to have paid OSS work and help their country to fight terrorism/dicta
by Bulat_Ziganshin 2y ago
many people are patriots of their countries. if state agency would approach them proposing to have paid OSS work and help their country to fight terrorism/dictatorships/capitalists/whatever-they-believe, they will feel like killing two birds with one job
- kelseydh 2y agoWhile this seems plausible, it is notable that this person seems to be anonymous from the get go. Most open source maintainers are proud of their work and maintain publicly available personas.
- account42 2y agoWhile I don't doubt there are people who would gladly do this work for money/patriotism/whatever, adding a backdoor to your own project isn't really reconcilable with the motivations behind wanting to do OSS work.