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I also think Debian’s statement seems reasonable. I think the commenter is suggesting that solo developers should not be able to hide behind a “buyer beware” philosophy when they use and contribute to foss libraries. Meaning that it doesn’t matter if smaller development shops are forced to merge with larger vendors, if it is for the greater good. At least that’s how I read it.

https://www.debian.org/vote/2023/vote_002?#proposerb is the person who posted that (and whose proposal came second).

There is a reasonable argument that the Debian project has an anarco-capitalist philosophy, so really the only question is whether it is FUD or not. I suspect not though - regulation has a strong track record of taking out smaller players.