User: Slamlander

Re:There's a big difference!

On: BBC Commentator Goes After Software Licensing

I do both. I write fanstasy books, technical books, and I code for a living.

There is no way I will accept blanket liability for some future hacker finding some future vulnerability in my code. There is some point where the end-user is responsible for it too.

Obviously in the realm of the clueless

On: BBC Commentator Goes After Software Licensing

This guy can't really have been much of a programmer if he doesn't know Dykstra's non-computable tasks. As a logician, he sucks as well. He'd be good as a lawyer or politician though :P
What he wants us to do is:

• If a program is going to be vulnerable to a hack then fix it else release;

This is equivalent to:

• If a program is going to abend then shutdown else continue;

There is no way in fucking hell that you can do either one! This guy has no clue!

If you are a programmer and don't know who Dykstra is then your education has been seriously brain-damaged, everyone else can google.