• [$] The burden of knowledge: dealing with open-source risks

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Fri Mar 14 14:00:08 2025
    [$] The burden of knowledge: dealing with open-source risks

    Date:
    Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:54:04 +0000

    Description:
    Organizations relying on open-source software have a wide range of
    tools, scorecards, and methodologies to try to assess security, legal,
    and other risks inherent in
    their so-called supply chain. However, Max Mehl argued
    recently in a short talk at FOSS Backstage in Berlin (and
    online) that all of
    this objective information and data is insufficient to truly
    understand and address risk. Worse, this information doesn't provide
    options to improve the situation and encourages a passive mindset. Mehl, who works as part of
    the CTO group at DBSystel , encouraged better risk assessment using
    qualitative data and direct participation in open source.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1013614/


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