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Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months (github.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SatyrSack@lemmy.one to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The binaries in question are various GNU and FOSS tools from elsewhere, not part of the Ventoy project itself. So no, the Ventoy author does not own the copyright of the tools in question.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Even then, he's still allowed to provide binary blobs. He doesn't have to provide it as source code. If that was the case, we'd all have to build from source and package managers like apt, dnf and flatpak wouldn't exist.

All he has to do is make the source code available, i.e. just link back to the original Github Repo.