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That's all fine and good but I don't want missiles with code you can edit. I didn't vote for you, nor do I trust you.
by bongodongobob 3y ago
That's all fine and good but I don't want missiles with code you can edit. I didn't vote for you, nor do I trust you.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoNobody said random users should be able to edit. FOSS means the code is available, not that they're going to take patches. (See sqlite for an extreme case - code is public domain, but they more or less don't take contributions)
- bongodongobob 3y agoParent literally said "I don't want my missiles to not have code I cannot edit"
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoSince the line was > I don't want my missiles to not have code I cannot edit, and stepping back from the top secret sphere, tangential I am appalled at how crappy car firmwares are closed source. I read that as that whoever's missiles they are should have full visibility and control of their code; I am assuming that "my missiles" means the government, not that the poster personally owns missiles.
- giantrobot 3y agoCode available means everyone else has a leg up developing their own weapon system or finding flaws in yours. You don't really want adversaries looking through the source code of your targeting and guidance systems.