DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWould you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?message-squaremessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareWould you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square110fedilinkfile-text
“Trust” as in: trust it enough to run it on your machine. (And assuming that you can’t understand code yourself)
minus-squaresnoons@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoIn this situation, any closed source developer/project manager would never disclose such issues, if they caught them at all. I trust open source code a hell of a lot more then close sourced stuff because anyone can look at it/test it and see if somethings fucky.
In this situation, any closed source developer/project manager would never disclose such issues, if they caught them at all.
I trust open source code a hell of a lot more then close sourced stuff because anyone can look at it/test it and see if somethings fucky.