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>You still cannot disable pull requests on a GitHub repository.

>I just want to publish software that I think is neat so that other hobbyists can use and learn from it, and I otherwise want to be left the hell alone.

Don't use GitHub. I don't. Random dipshits aren't even aware of me.

>To continue the inclusive nature of open source, we need to be able to trust a wide range of identities, but still with verified integrity. This implies a federated model for identities, perhaps similar to how we support federated SSL certificates today

Oh yes, of course Google supports TLS-flavoured snake oil to match the TLS snake oil.

I'm shocked MicroSoft is extending open source after embracing it so well, shocked.

I'm now recycling a previous comment of mine on this topic:

Companies used to have employees write code, rather than stitch together random garbage written by random dipshits who could be tricked into using loose licenses. That's one cause for concern. The only reason open source receives support is because it helps corporations defang Free Software and get gratis labor.

All of this new security theatre is always about trust and reputation, and not trusting those disgusting lone programmers such as me or other silly things; it's always really about doing anything but truly auditing that yucky code.




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