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> Would FOSS Have Saved Patients' Lives? FOSS can be written the same as any other software, and there's plenty of FOSS that fails to meet modern best practice
by 0xbadcafebee 10mo ago
> Would FOSS Have Saved Patients' Lives?
FOSS can be written the same as any other software, and there's plenty of FOSS that fails to meet modern best practices.
But a software building code might have saved lives. The same way building codes save lives around the world every day, by ensuring safety-critical things in the world aren't slapped together haphazardly, and are tested for safety.
Ask your representatives in government to assemble a professional body to set software building codes for the software that could potentially kill you.