Nemeski@lemm.ee to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 17 days agoPentagon declares war on 'outdated' software buying, opens fire on open sourcewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkPentagon declares war on 'outdated' software buying, opens fire on open sourcewww.theregister.comNemeski@lemm.ee to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 17 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareAscrod@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days agoIf anything, I would think DoD has a vested interedt in protecting and supporting open source software so shit like xzutils doesn’t happen again.
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days agoThey can’t secretly compel the devs to add backdoors to their FOSS. I mean, they could try. But that dead canary would be discovered as soon as anyone bothered to check the merge history.
minus-squareEldritch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoThey don’t bribe or give kickbacks. So there is no value in them for corrupt fascists.
If anything, I would think DoD has a vested interedt in protecting and supporting open source software so shit like xzutils doesn’t happen again.
They can’t secretly compel the devs to add backdoors to their FOSS.
I mean, they could try. But that dead canary would be discovered as soon as anyone bothered to check the merge history.
They don’t bribe or give kickbacks. So there is no value in them for corrupt fascists.