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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."

2 of 509 comments (clear)

  1. wow by ciryon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reading this and at the same time see ad for Microsoft .Net Enterprise at slashdot.

    Ciryon

  2. Re:Exhibitionary Code by nogoodmonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have been wanting the source for this wonderful program for years. ;-)