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Given the recent uproar about AI usage in rsync a PSA: maintainers owe you nothing (mikemcquaid.com)

submitted 5 months ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/opensource@programming.dev

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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

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The fuck are you taking about? Yes a maintainer is a service job. Their role is to be a good steward of the project they maintain. Accepting good submissions, coordinating QA, cutting releases.

If they do a bad job, then they’re liable to be criticized which is what I actually said and I won’t dignify your strawman with a response.

And FYI, a license is a contract.

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[–] baod_rate@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

A maintainer position is a professional 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

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[–] baod_rate@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago

professional as in "profession" as in "for pay". if it's unpaid it's quite literally not a "professional position", it is a volunteer position. and they can't pay their rent off your, what, unsolicited criticism bordering on harassment?

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