You're not actually comparing statically linked libraries with shared libraries. What you're actually doing, is comparing upgrading with not upgrading. The library in the statically linked program did not get upgraded.
It ain't "someone's system". It is a public system, which people depend on. If one day you discovered that a bank down the street had a window looking into it's vault in the back alley, you would be morally obliged to tell the bank that it had a security flaw. If they wouldn't listen, you damn well better tell their customers to get the hell out of there. However, I do not condone blackmail. I am disgusted by this incident, I feel that this will give people a negative view of individuals who are legitimately looking out for others.
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I'm not sure about that whole 'intelligent commentors' thing...
You're not actually comparing statically linked libraries with shared libraries. What you're actually doing, is comparing upgrading with not upgrading. The library in the statically linked program did not get upgraded.
Sounds a lot like what Linus has done with Linux. Seems to me that I've heard him refered to has a benevolant dictator.
It ain't "someone's system". It is a public system, which people depend on. If one day you discovered that a bank down the street had a window looking into it's vault in the back alley, you would be morally obliged to tell the bank that it had a security flaw. If they wouldn't listen, you damn well better tell their customers to get the hell out of there. However, I do not condone blackmail. I am disgusted by this incident, I feel that this will give people a negative view of individuals who are legitimately looking out for others.