Open-source rhetoric often confuses code submission with real maintenance and security
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-07-23
This reply expands the point that “open source” rhetoric often mixes up two different things: whether registered users can submit code for review, and whether code is truly open to unrestricted pushes.
The core claim is that an open-source company can employ security experts, maintain guardrails, and keep the codebase fresh, whereas a lone maintainer cannot provide the same level of operational security.
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