On 04/12/2014 08:59 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm guessing open source just makes it more likely the bug will > eventually be published. If one assumes that failures will happen, then open source is to be preferred insofar as in that case (the collective) we can learn something from said failures. That being so, then the more one depends on XYZ the more one needs XYZ to be open source, along with the build environment through which it passes.
+1 I have personally compared FOSS to "laissez-faire capitalism" in the past - I also now believe that FOSS is equivalent to a democratic form of government. It requires engagement, personal responsibility, a deeper understanding of the pros and cons, and can be messy at times, but in the end, is better than any other political system around because it can be improved through transparency. Arshad Noor StrongAuth, Inc. _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
