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Medical software is something that should be more free. The software in medical equipment goes through less rigorous review than the rest of the system. There a
by exDM69 15y ago
Medical software is something that should be more free. The software in medical equipment goes through less rigorous review than the rest of the system. There as a recent paper about the review process and closedness of medical software and there is little to no software audits required for getting approval from officials.
The first fatalities from software in medical systems were in mid-80's when an X-ray machine gave excess radiation to patients because of a programming mistake. I recall it was an integer overflow.
This issue is more serious than just making fun of RMS's extremist views.
(sorry for the lack of links to sources, I'm sure you can find them if you're interested)
- jk4930 15y agoThis one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25