Someone went through the mailing list of XZ, and this makes it look like it all started as a social engineering attack: using blame against a burned out developer to coerce them into giving out ownership of the project.
https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/
Sérgio Isidoro /
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2024-03-31 09:19:39
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