Automated attack suspected as culprit
KiTTY, PuTTY, Sumatra PDF Reader, and TightVNC are among the weaponised tools.
Following an outcry, it now plans to move unused repos to object storage
The business aims to make annual savings of up to $1 million, but users have called it "wild"
Last month, the company announced policy that would have effectively banned the sale of open source software on Windows app store
Users discussing the issue on GitHub seem split between ethics and the paradigm of open source
Christofer Dutz is the latest in a series of developers to down tools in protest at corporates' free use of their work
Open source software added £46.5 billion to the UK economy in 2020, with £11.3 billion coming from the positive effects of collaboration, says OpenUK
Developers can earn anything from $500 to more than $10,000 for their security work