FOSS Software Sabotage

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Today we talk about the issues around a developer who sabotaged his own software to break because of unpaid corporate use. Here we talk about this situation and what it may mean for the broader FOSS community.
#FOSS #Swartz #Software

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/foss-developer-who-nuked-his-apps-embraced-qanon-theory-involving-aaron-swartz/

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