For those outside the loop: rsync starting using AI agents to handle the influx of AI security reports to improve the test suite and fix bugs. It introduced a few CVEs and people who never contributed in any way started firing shots at the maintainer.
rsync maintainer’s response to the people getting pissy about his usage of AI: medium and the related post on programming.dev
when people say “job” they don’t typically mean unpaid gigs. and an open source license is a contract for what you’re allowed to do with their code, not what they’re required to provide you (other than the code itself). it explicitly does not include liability, service guarantees, or warranties.
A maintainer position is a profession position — unpaid or otherwise. It isn’t a “gig.”
And I can’t run my computer with “good intentions.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vTGN52MCc