> So, it seems gpsd is like the tz database, a few volunteers maintaining an essential part of our software infrastructure.
More than that. Software is now running the economy, controlling safety and security of the physical world.
gpsd, like Tz database, cURL, SQLite and the Linux Kernel, should be seen as critical planetary infrastructure, period. Safety of our economy and our physical well-being increasingly depends on them being operational.
And yes, it's worrying that we ended up in a situation, where the building blocks of our technological society are maintained by underpaid volunteers.
More than that. Software is now running the economy, controlling safety and security of the physical world.
gpsd, like Tz database, cURL, SQLite and the Linux Kernel, should be seen as critical planetary infrastructure, period. Safety of our economy and our physical well-being increasingly depends on them being operational.
And yes, it's worrying that we ended up in a situation, where the building blocks of our technological society are maintained by underpaid volunteers.