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Pentagon declares war on 'outdated' software buying, opens fire on open source
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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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.