Open source software — software that is freely distributed, along with its source code, so that copies, additions, or modifications can be readily made — is “everywhere,” to quote the 2023 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report. Ninety-six percent of the computer programs used by major industries include open source software, and 76 percent of those programs consist of open source software. But the percentage of software packages “containing security vulnerabilities remains troublingly high,” the report warned. One concern is that “the software you’ve gotten from what you believe…
