Posted by: Ciaran O'Riordan
on January 05, 2004 11:11 PM
> general popluation doesn't care about the right to see the source code
It's not important that Joe has the source, the point is that *everyone* has the source. If a company inserted a back door into a Free Software program, someone in the community will spot it and remove it. And for this reason, Free Software is very unlikely to have back doors in the first place.
> he is arguing that each person or organization should > make the choice for the same reasons he did
He doesn't make this arguement. He argues that we should encourage people to value freedom. You've simply changed his message into one that is easier to argue against.
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Re:Open Source and Broader Community
Posted by: Ciaran O'Riordan on January 05, 2004 11:11 PMIt's not important that Joe has the source, the point is that *everyone* has the source. If a company inserted a back door into a Free Software program, someone in the community will spot it and remove it. And for this reason, Free Software is very unlikely to have back doors in the first place.
> he is arguing that each person or organization should
> make the choice for the same reasons he did
He doesn't make this arguement. He argues that we should encourage people to value freedom. You've simply changed his message into one that is easier to argue against.
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