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		yodsanklai on April 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis > There are more than a small number of people with the right skills but they have day jobs. That’s what makes think whoever was working on this was being paid upfront to do so. Doesn't this apply to many OSS contributors? people with skills and free time?

bradleyjg on April 13, 2024 [–]

I’d guess that the vast majority of new open source code last year (weighted by loc and usage) was written by people being paid to do so.

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