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Ingredients listing don't tell everything about how it is made, etc. A closer analogy might be detailed API specs.
by dannyw 2y ago
Ingredients listing don't tell everything about how it is made, etc.
A closer analogy might be detailed API specs.
- immibis 2y agoFor electronics it would probably show the part number and position of each component on the PCB, without showing how they are connected.
- brokenmachine 2y agoEven just knowing all the components would be a step in the right direction.
- londons_explore 2y agoHardware schematics and full source code doesn't tell you everything about how a piece of hardware is made either. How was the hardware tested? How was it calibrated? How was it assembled? An ingredients list tells 90% of the story about how food is made, and in most cases an expert could guess the remaining 10% to get a decent result. Likewise, hardware design+code tells 90% and an expert could figure out the remaining 10%. The government could totally require all consumer products have published source code. (published source code != a license for others to use the code)
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