Funding Worries Threaten Ability to Secure OSS Projects

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LONDON — The tech downturn has highlighted the precarious way open source software foundations are funded and could exacerbate the challenge of plugging security holes and making projects more sustainable. https://foundation.rust-lang.org/ CEO https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-rumbul-96a5441a/?originalSubdomain=uk told the https://stateofopencon.com/ in London in February that for years, security had been “criminally neglected” and treated as a bolt-on.

“Because if we don’t know what the gaps are, we don’t know how to fill them.” While governments were taking a much closer interest in cybersecurity, there are concerns that regulators can miss the nuances of open source.

Speaking to The New Stack, Rumbul said the foundation was lucky to have some very stable tech organizations in its platinum membership tier.

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