While having the source available is not a panacea, it would seem that, at least in the case you mentioned, not having the source code would have allowed for th

While having the source available is not a panacea, it would seem that, at least in the case you mentioned, not having the source code would have allowed for the cheating to continue with impunity, as there would have been no way for anyone to begin to discover what had been going on. That would suggest that having the source available is a necessary part of establishing real trust, even if it's not sufficient. > While I agree with your intent, the problem is that, many open source software is not verifiable. To me, this sentence reads as "That a nice idea, but untenable in practice." rather than "Open source is necessary, but shouldn't be considered sufficient." which strikes me as counter-productive to the objective of easily verifiable software.