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PHP vulnerability exposes gaps in open-source maintenance
Original: PHP vulnerability shows need for open-source maintenance
A newly reported PHP vulnerability is prompting renewed debate about how widely used open-source projects are funded and maintained. Commenters in the software community argue that critical infrastructure like PHP, which powers much of the web, depends on under-resourced volunteer maintainers, and that the flaw illustrates why sustained investment in open-source upkeep is needed to catch security issues earlier.
Why now: The security flaw highlights the ongoing and much-debated problem of underfunded open-source software maintenance.
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