Security and Free Software
Reinhard Mueller
mueller at fsfeurope.org
Tue Sep 21 10:54:50 UTC 2004
Am Die, den 21.09.2004 schrieb Andres K. Foerster um 12:20:
> But I was really surprised, when I read the recent interview with Theo de
> Raadt (founder of OpenBSD). He comes to the conclusion:
> "The source code doesn't make a difference. You can get the source code
> for anything today and an attacker can find vulnerabilities. The fact
> of the matter is, there is no more closed source there is just limited
> open source."
>
> The whole article can be found here:
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/nindex.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0
>
> How do you think about this interview?
Spontaneously, I think it shows how important it is to speak about Free
Software, and how ambigous the term "Open Source" is.
Thanks,
--
Reinhard Mueller
Free Software Foundation Europe
http://www.fsfeurope.org
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