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PuTTY 0.63 released, fixing four security holes

Simon Tatham2013138 points156 commentscited by 29Security & Privacy details

The Ethics of Unpaid Labor and the OSS Community

Ashe Dryden201399 points128 commentscited by 15Society, Policy & Culture details

Disclaimer: This post is critical of open source software in the context of unpaid labor and the hiring requirements we've set up around it. It is not a criticism of open source software itself or the people who participate in it, both of which I and anyone who uses software benefits from. This is work that I - and…

What It's Like To Be Ridiculed For Open Sourcing A Project

Heather Arthur20131,331 points1,152 commentscited by 8Open Source details

Yesterday my colleague mentioned that a script I wrote was getting a lot of attention on Twitter. This particular project was something I wrote a couple years ago to help me out with a workflow. I …

How to make $100k in Open Source by working hard

Mike Perham2013316 points93 commentscited by 3Open Source details

My Sidekiq project isn’t just about building the best background processing framework for Ruby, it’s also a venue for me to experiment with ways to make open source software financially sustainable for the developers who work on it hundreds of hours each year (e.g. me). Let’s review.