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Netcob
12y ago
"I'm not an addict, I'm a connoisseur!" "Last night a meth connoisseur took my wallet and my mobile phone!"
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I'm not an expert, but I thought there was a distinction between what's meant by "Open Source" and "Free Software". The way I understand it: Open Source: You can analyze the source code and build it yourself -
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If the audit turned up something bad, the obvious step to take would be to publish it in all detail, fix the flaw, and then tell users to upgrade as soon as possible. Not go "OK SHOW'S OVER, USE PROPRIETY SOFTWARE FROM NOW ON"
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This is creepy as hell. No mention of why it's supposed to be not secure - it's an open source project so it would be easy to point to a specific vulnerability. All of this shortly after passing audit. There are detailed steps t