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All Source Code Should Be Open, Revisited

Posted by timothy on from the and-should-come-with-good-toys dept.

cconnell writes "In my last article, I presented the idea that all commercial source code should be open. In other words, part of the delivery package for any software purchase should be a copy of the source files. If everyone saw software vendors' design and coding, the vendors might stop shipping us such lousy programs. The article generated a fair amount of controversy. My latest piece follows up on this idea and includes a few adjustments that respond to reader feedback."

3 of 509 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why open source software sucks by SmoothTom · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    . . . And they would build the car in your driveway from parts they scavenged from other projects or got by mailorder.

  2. Commies everywhere by flowerp · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    People like the author of this article are
    so called "Source Code Communists".

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  3. Re:Won't benefit the users... by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They're better off reviewing the final product and testing it for errors.

    Open Source does not, and has never guaranteed a superior end product. It doesn't even encourage it. That's a myth started by zealots and their blind hatred for corporations like MSFT or Adobe.

    And 'consultants' with nothing better to do than rant.

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