In any case I meant it in an informal software engineering sense: it's bad form for a packager to distribute upstream software under its original name, with substantial modifications beyond what users would expect distro packagers to make - backporting, build rules, etc.
For such a downstream change to introduce security vulnerabilities is a major fuckup. To actively blame upstream for said vulnerability, while competing with them in the market, is unethical.
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In any case I meant it in an informal software engineering sense: it's bad form for a packager to distribute upstream software under its original name, with substantial modifications beyond what users would expect distro packagers to make - backporting, build rules, etc.
For such a downstream change to introduce security vulnerabilities is a major fuckup. To actively blame upstream for said vulnerability, while competing with them in the market, is unethical.