Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull(theregister.com)

13 pointsby geoxhace 4 meses2 comments

Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/open_source_opinion/

2 comments

verdvermhace 4 meses

I was recently guilty of abusing the pkg.go.dev website to get license info for checks in CI. We got rate limited and have self corrected the quick implementation that lead to this.

Rate limiting is a better first step, especially if they have high IP correlation for abuse

bikenagahace 4 meses

OpenSSF statement (September 23, 2025): https://openssf.org/blog/2025/09/23/open-infrastructure-is-n...