@redstarfish@social.linux.pizzaFrench professor sending me invites repeatedly to join her #WhatsApp group (related to the french course I just joined).
Forget it! Professors from my own department (Computer Science) couldn't make me join their groups, there's no way I'll be joining yours. In your course, I'm not even afraid of failing.
@sieben_grafik@norden.socialDanke für #FreeSoftware - mein Arbeits Alltag wäre nicht der gleiche ohne #OpenSource
Ganz besonders Dankbar bin ich für #LibreOffice,
@Mirk0dex@social.linux.pizza @Mirk0dex@social.linux.pizzaYou should Never volunteer for a project that is Not #FreeSoftware (as in freedom).
https://www.yanderesimulator.com/volunteer
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsOne more thing about the xz/sshd backdoor, and the earlier sale of "Simple Mobile Tools".
A long time ago, I've been told an important rule of #security in IT: when threatened with violence, yield. The life and health of you and your family is more important than any #OpenSource project you may be working on. A lot of people will blame you, but the ones who matter will understand.
But what if it's the carrot and not the stick that you're getting? What if you're being offered money to "betray" your project? Should you resist, or can you yield?
Then, isn't there a stick to be expected at the other end? Won't it come upon you if you rejected the carrot? Isn't money merely the "civilized" way of washing your hands from the implied threat of violence?
Even more, what if you really need that money? What if you barely make ends meet, and rejecting the carrot becomes a stick in itself?
Well, I'm not saying that it's likely that I'll ever be in that situation with #Gentoo (as in having money offered; having no income I know too well), but I really wouldn't know what to do. And I'd understand anyone who accepted that money.
The bottom line is: if people treat #FreeSoftware developers as a free exploitable workforce, people shouldn't be surprised when the projects they rely on are sold or backdoored.