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FreeBSD ports frozen after Copilot binary commit

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Lobsters ·

A developer committed the entire 150MB Linux Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports, prompting a freeze. The incident disrupted port maintenance and raised security concerns. The ports tree is now locked pending cleanup.

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The freeze highlights the risks of unchecked contributions in open-source repositories, especially with large AI-generated binaries.
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