[Python-Dev] FINAL PROPULSION OPEN SOURCE ENGINE VARIANT FORTHE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Raymond Hettinger<python at rcn.com> wrote:
>
> [Matthew Wilkes]
>>
>> Oh, I didn't mean they should use proprietary software, just that in  my
>> experience the kind of people who are active in open source are  quite
>> anti-war, green, etc.  There are notable exceptions, but I know  people who
>> worry that their work will have military applications, and  who turn down
>> projects because of it.
>
> I question the whole notion of using open source in military weapons.
> It seems like a rather basic violation of operational security.  Perhaps
> your enemies will exploit your bugs instead of nicely reporting them
> and submitting patches on SourceForge ;-)

Eric Raymond would argue that it's probably the other way around --
proprietary software doesn't have enough eyeballs to make it safe. :-)

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