#tomfifield — Public Fediverse posts
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"Just as the manufacturer of a bolt cannot be expected to change behavior based on seeing a bolt almost but not quite entirely unlike theirs being used on military vehicles in a faraway land, the low-common-denominator open source software developer should not. The feasibility for acting is low, there is a highly indirect relationship with the nefarious use, and the effectiveness of acting is low."
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/01/foss_and_geopolitics/
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"Just as the manufacturer of a bolt cannot be expected to change behavior based on seeing a bolt almost but not quite entirely unlike theirs being used on military vehicles in a faraway land, the low-common-denominator open source software developer should not. The feasibility for acting is low, there is a highly indirect relationship with the nefarious use, and the effectiveness of acting is low."
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/01/foss_and_geopolitics/