They define "public funding source" later as a list of specific funding organizations like OpenCollective. But that definition feels odd, and like much of this feels like it might be AI generated.
Personal usage over months. Third party evals. Not saying it's 100% accurate but it's close enough to trust. linuxstans.com news articles are mostly ai generated, it's a slop shop.
Only a few months ago I read some article detailing the XZ backdoor and Jia Tan.
It was a fascinating, scary and sad story. Can't really find the article right now, so here's the wikipedia article about it in case other readers don't get the reference.
Reflecting the enormous effectiveness of free markets in the software space. If there was a strong regulatory system around software development it might cost orders of magnitude more to run a modern OS.
why though? number of maintainers is a function of how much work is needed now rather than how important the project is ? I would imagine sudo isn't getting that much commits/changes now. What would 10 maintainers do on sudo ?
The problem with open source like this is that it’s too difficult to work on, and if you start studying just to be able to work on it, it’s hard to get noticed. Most core open-source projects start with optimization and are extremely difficult. But would people with that level of skill really dislike being noticed?
What scares me is the new generation are mostly tech illiterate just like boomers, only millennials and some gen x are lifting the tech world, now add AI to the mix and how it’s making newer gen are even dumber, the future is bleak.
I am Gen-Z who works on the Linux kernel and who still values hardcore stuff. We need more support from the Gen-X and the Millennials. I try my best to hack on things, write and contribute patches to enables features that would otherwise only exist in proprietary software. I feel like the veterans are not supporting us enough. I get a lot of hate and push back just for trying. In my opinion, a society cannot thrive without elders providing support for the young. But the general atmosphere feels completely the opposite these days.
SQLite has a list of sponsors right on the homepage https://www.sqlite.org/
Don't waste your time.
It was a fascinating, scary and sad story. Can't really find the article right now, so here's the wikipedia article about it in case other readers don't get the reference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
Well, if other projects with a glut of devs are a sign, probably integrate AI into it somehow
Do people who publish this stuff read this and think "this LLMism sounds good to me"?
The people holding up the internet
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50002494
* https://xkcd.com/2347/