[Linux-aus] Re: How could we get society to adequately fund free software developers

[Russell Coker]

On Sunday, 31 March 2024 09:40:59 AEDT Brian May via luv-main wrote:
> This requires the new users trust the new maintainer. But I imagine in
> many cases users aren't even aware that there is a new maintainer.

Brian makes some great points about the broader issues of trust in the 
integrity and competency of new maintainers.

But it seems that we are now wondering if the alleged xz maintainer even is a 
real person.  This could be addressed by the GPG web of trust, checking 
government IDs, and having video calls to interview people.

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