[Python-Dev] FINAL PROPULSION OPEN SOURCE ENGINE VARIANT FORTHE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Jun 13 02:19:30 CEST 2009

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Raymond Hettinger<python at rcn.com> wrote:

[Matthew Wilkes]

Oh, I didn't mean they should use proprietary software, just that in  my experience the kind of people who are active in open source are  quite anti-war, green, etc.  There are notable exceptions, but I know  people who worry that their work will have military applications, and  who turn down projects because of it. I question the whole notion of using open source in military weapons. It seems like a rather basic violation of operational security.  Perhaps your enemies will exploit your bugs instead of nicely reporting them and submitting patches on SourceForge ;-)

Eric Raymond would argue that it's probably the other way around -- proprietary software doesn't have enough eyeballs to make it safe. :-)

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