Article 5BCDT FOSS developer survey: Mostly male, employed... and many don't care about 'soul-withering chore' of security

FOSS developer survey: Mostly male, employed... and many don't care about 'soul-withering chore' of security

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Developer: 'I find security an insufferably boring procedural hindrance.' Oh dear. Maybe Rust can help?

A new survey of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) contributors, conducted by the Linux Foundation and academic researchers, reported that 91 per cent of respondents are male, the great majority has full-time paid employment, and that they spend on average under 3 per cent of their time on security issues, with little inclination to increase it....

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