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delusional 39 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Did Claude increase bugs in rsync?

> People need to be responsible for code they commit and push anyways.

Well the GPL (which rsync is licensed under) says: "This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY" so actually nobody is responsible for anything.

berti 39 days ago | [–]

I think they meant in terms of karma/reputation for the individual, and the project. Traditionally open source is heavily based on these social currencies.

saagarjha 39 days ago | [–]

Nobody is suing the maintainer for support here so this is completely irrelevant.

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