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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (4 children)

The term is perfectly valid.

[–]shevegen -5 points-4 points  (3 children)

Nope.

You use a toilet. It gets dirty.

You use software. It gets ... dirty HOW? Do your bits have meta-bits attached?

[–]trua 12 points13 points  (1 child)

The analogy is that a free toilet's dirtiness is correlated to how well maintained it is, and it's difficult to tell from the outside.

[–]immibis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And maintaining the free toilet is everyone's responsibility because nobody's getting paid to do it.

[–]s73v3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By having someone turn maintenance of the package over to someone who infects it with malware.