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Billboards in SF call attention to tech companies free-loading off open source
An advocacy group called Open Source Pledge wants tech companies to pay up
The pledge encourages tech companies to give cash directly to the people who maintain the various free open source software projects that underpin many for-profit businesses. Paying the people who keep vital software in good working shape is critical “because not doing so will render our global tech infrastructure vulnerable,” Harbuz told Gazetteer. The bug, which wasn’t announced and fixed until 2014, made users of popular sites like Facebook, Google and YouTube all vulnerable to having their personal information stolen.
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