Putty maintainer on his attitude towards security and open source
I thought this was such a fantastic response, particularly the sections where he talks about how he responds to companies demanding he reply <i>as if</i> he has a contract with them.<p>The main point being that, with the log4j issue (and others before that), the thing that&#x27;s struck me when maintainers complain about not being appreciated or that they are working as hard as they can, unpaid, is that maintainers are under no obligation to respond at all, and that you can&#x27;t control how other people will react.<p>As someone who&#x27;s dealt with anxiety for a long time (and as a former opensource primary maintainer), I can most definitely commiserate with feeling burdened by the expectations of others, but one of the best things I learned from therapy is that you can&#x27;t control others emotions, you can only attempt to understand why you react as you do in certain situations.