[ale] Voting machines

[Derek Atkins]

Also, Open Source does not imply Bug Free or Secure.
C.f. Heartbleed in OpenSSL, which was in the code base for, what, a
decade?  More?

-derek

On Tue, December 8, 2020 10:00 am, Jerald Sheets via Ale wrote:
> Therein lies the problem, though.
>
> There were a lot of “big personalities” and “heavy hitters” in the early
> days who could evangelize our cause, but since OSS is largely running most
> enterprises now (big iron notwithstanding), there doesn’t seem to be
> anywhere near the number of motivated, activist voices as there were
> before.
>
> —jms
>
>> On Dec 8, 2020, at 7:57 AM, Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>> Avoiding the issue seems to betray the concept we hold most dear; open
>> source. Free is nice, but if there is this much doubt about a closed
>> source process then we must either speak up, or permanently shut up.
>> No matter what the outcome of the election, and how we personally feel
>> about the results, the process must be trustworthy and transparent.
>> This is a perfect opportunity for Open Source advocates to sell what
>> we believe in.
>>
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