Tag: Licensing Issues
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The Complexity and Controversy of CVE Reporting in Open Source Projects
In the open source ecosystem, a recent predicament involving a developer making his GitHub repository read-only brings to light the often contentious world of CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) reporting. The controversy began when the ‘node-ip’ project on GitHub was hit with a CVE, which the maintainer argued was exaggerated in its severity. This incident…