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Libxml2's "no security embargoes" policy

Libxml2, an XML parser and toolkit, is an almost perfect example of the successes and failures [...]

GNOME contributor Michael Catanzaro worried that security flaws would be exploited in the wild if they were treated like regular bugs, and suggested alternate strategies for Wellnhofer if he was burning out. Originally it was kind of a growth hack, but now these companies make billions of profits and refuse to pay back their technical debt, either by switching to better solutions, developing their own or by trying to improve libxml2. Ariadne Conill, a long-time open-source contributor, observed that corporations using open source had responded with " regulatory capture of the commons" instead of contributing to the software they depend on.

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