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The Open Source Ecosystems

• 10+ Million GitHub code repositories.
• 1 Million Sourceforge code repositories.
• 2500 public binary repositories.
  • Some repositories have strict publisher standards.
    • Some repositories enforce source code distribution.
    • No guarantee the published source code is the source code of the published binary.
  • Some repositories allow the republishing of a different set of bits for the same version.
  • Some repositories allow you to remove published artifacts.
• Many different packaging systems; even for the same language.
• Different coordinates systems and level of granularity.