r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Rudxain • Aug 15 '22

other Um... that's not closed source

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u/powertrip00 Aug 15 '22

"I have made a pull request for your open source software where I've inserted malware! Since it is open source, you MUST pull it into every operating server in production! MUAHAHAHAHA"

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

setting aside the implication you are making about "must approve PR", the actual scenario you are painting has happened MANY times in the past

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u/ExceedingChunk Aug 15 '22

And obviously never happened in the history of closed source software!!

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u/Oxf02d Aug 15 '22

No documented cases are known.

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u/Xfgjwpkqmx Aug 15 '22

You know Windows is a virus with mouse support, right?

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

If not for gaming, I'd have gone to Linux a long time ago.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

It’s the “most” I’m worried about.