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

[Philip Jenvey]

On Jun 12, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Raymond Hettinger 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 ;-)

FYI Python (Jython) is already used in production of the F-35. There  
was a talk @ PyCon '08 about it:

http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/schedule/event/27/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgE55z_RNgQ

--
Philip Jenvey