Wait, open source maintenance is a matter of national security? Always has been.

[consumer451]

https://bsky.app/profile/filippo.abyssdomain.expert/post/3kovq64a2g32g

[consumer451]

While this meme is not traditionally HN worthy, the realization is.

For example, how much more paranoid should maintainers like Lasse Collin be going forward?[0] Would paranoia have even helped in this case?

What are the other self-regulation implications of the xz backdoor? Is autotools done for?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39874942

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39877267

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39865810