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I'm all for free and open source software, but what would you suggest here? That train operators will download code from the internet and install it on their tr

• hgomersall 3y ago
  Clearly not. A reasonable expectation might be though that if you want to sell your multi million pound products to a captive public sector, you have to publish all the source code and the means to build the binaries.
• mordae 3y ago
  Yes. Once it's signed by somebody accredited to review it for safe train use.
• achileas 3y ago
  Open source means just that - it doesn’t imply one sort of distribution mechanism over others.
• goodpoint 3y ago
  The same way technical diagrams for roads, bridges and other public infrastructure are public. In most OECD countries food needs to be labelled with a full list of ingredients. Your GP can read scientific papers about the efficacy and risks of a new treatment. (Yes, many papers are paywalled but that's irrelevant compared to secrecy)