Comment by MetaWhirledPeas

2 days ago

> real-world identity

This bit sounds like dystopian governance, antithetical to most open source philosophies.

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2OEH8eoCRo0  2 days ago

Would you drive on bridges or ride in elevators "inspected" by anons? Why are our standards for digital infrastructure and software "engineering" so low?

I don't blame the anons but the people blindly pulling in anon dependencies. The anons don't owe us anything.

  • MetaWhirledPeas  2 days ago

    This option is available already in the form of closed-source proprietary software.

    If someone wants a package manager where all projects mandate verifiable ID that's fine, but I don't see that getting many contributors. And I also don't see that stopping people using fraudulent IDs.

  • pamcake  2 days ago

    A business or government can (should) separately package, review, and audit code without involving upstream developers or maintainers at all.