EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
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Re: EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
#2This is a good step, and it’s great glibc is included. In the future, I think it would be great if more critical, widely distributed libraries/software could be included like that!
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#3Seems like it would quite easy to game the system. Make contributions with known vulnerabilities and then submit an anonymous bug report when the contribution is approved.
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#4What if they took all the office suite licenses budget and they invested it in an open source office suite project like LibreOffice, Caligra suite (formerly KOffice) or Gnome Office.
Re: EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
#5Seems like it would quite easy to game the system. Make contributions with known vulnerabilities and then submit an anonymous bug report when the contribution is approved.
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#6Seems like it would quite easy to game the system. Make contributions with known vulnerabilities and then submit an anonymous bug report when the contribution is approved.
I think the community would keep this to a minimum just through normal peer pressure and shaming.
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#7What if they took all the office suite licenses budget and they invested it in an open source office suite project like LibreOffice, Caligra suite (formerly KOffice) or Gnome Office.
Why not both?
FYI a lot of european government offices run LibreOffice.
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#8Why PHP & Symphony ? This joke which is getting way too far. I'm getting tired of seeing it, and I'm tired of arguing why sticking with a language like that is a mistake.
Bug Bounties are great, but I'd like to see people put their brain on for a moment and stop relying on what they learnt when they were 14 neither propose it as a valid solution today or encourage other people to use them.
I'm getting very tired of this sh*t.
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#9Is it worth to spend 90kEUR on putty, considering windows nowadays has openssh?
Re: EU to fund bug bounty programs for open-source projects
#10What if they took all the office suite licenses budget and they invested it in an open source office suite project like LibreOffice, Caligra suite (formerly KOffice) or Gnome Office.
The city of Munich tried to develop a Linux distribution "Limux" that was used for some time, but political considerations ultimately reversed the decision.