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Libxml2's "no security embargoes" policy

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278 points jwilk | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.587s | source
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firesteelrain ◴[25 Jun 25 23:17 UTC] No.44382695[source]▶
Understand the stance, but the big corps using it (Apple, Google, Microsoft) are using it and acknowledge it silently at risk. It's not entirely fair though, Google did make a donation.
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burnt-resistor ◴[26 Jun 25 00:28 UTC] No.44383109[source]▶
Like tipping someone a penny. If it's so critical to their business, then they can pay a pittance to sustain it.
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1. firesteelrain ◴[26 Jun 25 00:59 UTC] No.44383258[source]▶
This chart claims a lot of contributions (2020). It is certainly more than a penny.

https://www.statista.com/chart/25795/active-github-contribut...

"Microsoft is now the leading company for open source contributions on GitHub" (2016)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12504694

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2. adastra22 ◴[26 Jun 25 03:51 UTC] No.44384040[source]▶
The article has the number. Google paid him $10k in a one-time grant.