Thought this was a good read exploring some how the “how and why” including several apparent sock puppet accounts that convinced the original dev (Lasse Collin) to hand over the baton.
Thought this was a good read exploring some how the “how and why” including several apparent sock puppet accounts that convinced the original dev (Lasse Collin) to hand over the baton.
I guess you are using trust in a different way here. Trust in competency can vary with both volunteer and paid workers, everyone makes mistakes though. Trust that someone doesn’t do something deliberately malicious is a different matter though.
as i see it, i think this kind of trust comes from proven technical execution and reliability. in this case it was good enough for us to build an entire infrastructure around it. even if it has issues, if its actual FOSS and maintained as such, downstream will come back and help out with it esp when its such critical software.
with new or small projects ill have to concede it can be somewhat of a trial and error tossup sometimes, but those arent generally relied upon so intensely until they are proven to be good in battle. even the then, if its open, it can be looked over by the people relying on it whenever applicable, and worst case scenario forked or replaced easily because of no vendor lock-in.
you can probably tell i like foss