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by ansgri 2333 days ago
Because it's huge (perceived) risk for (often) little gain. These projects (I'm especially familiar with research) aren't known for code quality and following best practices regarding security etc. So you open yourself for shaming and casual hacking for some unquantifiable benefit of open-source contributions.
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> and following best practices regarding security

Who cares, as long as you make it clear that it's a pure research project?

The problem with Actix was that they marketed it as production-ready.