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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/objects/13dc4688-b0a5-403b-a5e5-426a9c419707">翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 08-Apr-2024 11:54:12 JST</a><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/users/Suiseiseki" title="suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/789-48-20220724040913.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="翠星石" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">翠星石</a><div><a href="https://binky.fish/notes/9rtrlfp1kpiiwsyv" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/171576" title="purpcat@clubcyberia.co">Pawlicker</a></li></ul></div></section><article><a href="https://binky.fish/@koimoa">@koimoa</a> <a href="https://clubcyberia.co/users/PurpCat">@PurpCat</a> I'd just like to interject for a moment.<br><br>liblzma is public domain with source code, which makes it free software and not "open source"; <a href="https://blog.opensource.org/public-domain-is-not-open-source">https://blog.opensource.org/public-domain-is-not-open-source</a><br><br>It's amazing how many people keep getting this wrong.<br><br><br>The article of course claims that the backdoor compromises openssh itself, but actually it requires openssh to be compiled against libsystemd for it to function.</article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2910600#notice-5788779">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-04-08T11:54:12+09:00" title="Monday, 08-Apr-2024 11:54:12 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/objects/13dc4688-b0a5-403b-a5e5-426a9c419707" rel="external" title="Sent from freesoftwareextremist.com via ActivityPub">freesoftwareextremist.com</a></span></span><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/objects/13dc4688-b0a5-403b-a5e5-426a9c419707">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://opensource.org/blog/public-domain-is-not-open-source">Public Domain Is Not Open Source</a></h5><div> from <span>OSI Policy Team</span></div></header><div>Open Source and Public Domain are frequently confused. Here’s why it’s a mistake to treat the two terms as synonyms. Plenty of people assume that public domain software must be open source. While i…</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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@koimoa @PurpCat I'd just like to interject for a moment.

liblzma is public domain with source code, which makes it free software and not "open source"; https://blog.opensource.org/public-domain-is-not-open-source

It's amazing how many people keep getting this wrong.

The article of course claims that the backdoor compromises openssh itself, but actually it requires openssh to be compiled against libsystemd for it to function.
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  Open Source and Public Domain are frequently confused. Here’s why it’s a mistake to treat the two terms as synonyms. Plenty of people assume that public domain software must be open source. While i…