The Conflict at the Heart of Open Source

Posted by bob on May 7, 2014 1:44 AM EDT
Dr. Dobb's Open Source Articles; By Andrew Binstock 		Mail this story
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A project's choice of a license will have significant effects on its ability to sustain itself. Despite the rivers of ink that have flowed regarding the recent Heartbleed vulnerability, I believe the developer community has not addressed the right problem. Developers have fixated on a debate about one of open-source's most touted advantages: With many eyes looking at the code, is open source able to correct bugs faster than closed-source projects?

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