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That just means the bad actors will all have clearance while putting in a bunch of hurdles for amateur contributors. The only answer is the hard one, constant improvement in methods to detect and mitigate bugs.


"Constant improvement" sounds like "constantly playing catch-up". Besides that, someone with TS can be arrested and charged, and I don't want amateur contributors.


>and I don't want amateur contributors.

And you're free to not accept amateur contributions to the OS projects you maintain. Hell, you can require security clearance for your contributors right now, if you want.


Software like that already exists. I'm saying open source should do better.




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