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心脏流血教给我们的:成为开源的贡献者而不仅是个用户
如果你的公司依赖像OpenSSL这样的开源软件,是时候主动点了。
心脏流血漏洞让开源社区如芒在背。
ComputerWorld的Richi Jennings 抨击说“又一个非常可怕的开源失败。”(他是要做标题党么?)ZDNet的Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols不像是作秀反开源,却仍旧将心脏流血漏洞渲染为“开源软件的最遭时刻”。而最后,ZDNet的Chris Duckett则务实地倡议:“商业公司(应该)筹集资金来避免心脏流血再次发生。”
而实际上,企业资金并不是解决心脏流血事件的最终答案 。你才是!
想要避免开源失败的公司应该不仅仅是开源软件的用户,还要是贡献者。
贡献者乘坐头等舱
贡献者能够引导特定的项目。他们占据主动,而不是被动接受。大多数企业缺乏资源参与他们所使用的所有开源项目,但每家公司都可以资助给那些真正关系到他们的项目。并且资助得越多,得到的好处越大。
开源就是一个不断给予的礼物,尤其是给予那些对开源反哺的人们。
我在MongoDB的同事Adam Comerford让这点更有说服力:如果你看看第一批得知Heartbleed漏洞的[时间线] 5,那些第一批得知的(如谷歌)有一个相当大的优势。如Comford所说的,这些公司有一个显著的优势就是他们可以在bug还未大规模传开的时候率先采取措施保护他们的系统。
鉴于早期了解像Heartbleed之类问题的优势,Comerford问:“我如何确保我在这类问题的早期通知列表里面?”
如果你依赖于专有软件,你有一个答案:向卖方支付大量的金钱,并希望他适时地响应。但是,如果你正在使用开源软件,有一个更多选择: “要么有大量的员工给[开源项目]做贡献 ,或者...有认识主要贡献者的员工(我们可以找找,他们大多也会贡献其他开源软件项目,像其他的极客和呆瓜一样。“
Comerford断言说,好处不止这样:
这有很多好处 - 除了让问题及早通知,让手头上的专家来应付这些棘手的更新,以评估你的风险,甚至可能在公众知道之前内部解决问题。在确定项目的方向上你还可以得到重视的回馈,可以影响到关键特性的优先级。最终,你会得到社区的善意,使产品变得更好,并有可能成为其它的聪明贡献者的工作目标。
换句话说,参与进来。成员有特权,主要的特权可能就是信息。
选择在哪贡献
同样,没有一家公司有足够的资源来有效地促进所有它所使用的项目,这就是为什么Comerford建议对关键项目上这么做的原因:
如果你要人们列出在企业中所有开源关键技术,你可能会得到一张很长的名单。然后,告诉他们,他们将必须清点人工和预算来支持清单上的每一种技术的话(并验证它) - 它可能会迅速缩水。
如果你是一个AMD那样的芯片公司,给Linux内核贡献基本驱动程序和其他代码很可能是强制性的。给LibreOffice贡献可能不是。或者,如果你判断你的未来在Hadoop上进行深层数据分析,你应该贡献Hadoop,即使你依旧免费使用OpenSSL社区的成果。比如Dish Networks公司,它的 CIO告诉上周在开放商业会上的人们,他们正在将重要的数据从关系型数据库转到Apache的Kafka,那他最好研究Kafka的代码,即使他不贡献给Apache HTTP服务器项目。
每家公司都有其优先级,以及这些优先级应该以严肃的承诺而确立。
这是确保这些项目安全的一部分办法。而另一部分,它是一种形成影响力指引的方式。但同时,红帽公司CEOJim Whitehurst早在2008年声明,它是显著减少IT花费的办法:
今天编写的绝大多数软件是企业编写的,不得转售。并且绝大多数是从来没有真正使用过。IT软件开发中的浪费是巨大的....最终,开源给全世界的客户提供价值,我们不仅需要让我们的客户作为开源产品的用户,而且真正加入开源和参与在开发社区。
Comerford坚持认为:“如果我在业务中使用开源软件,我应该雇开发人员来积极给软件做贡献,如果他们自己不是核心开发者,那就雇佣核心开发者。 ”这是充分利用开源软件的关键:给它做贡献,不只是使用它。
via: http://readwrite.com/2014/05/14/heartbleed-open-source-contribution-users