Reply to post: Re: if an open source project had MAJOR flaw rates like this

Re: if an open source project had MAJOR flaw rates like this

@AC

But with source code in hand anyone can fix it even long after the original developers or company has ceased to exist.

Okay, I'll bite. How many open source projects do you go through each week, looking at and correcting security bugs?

None for a while now.

But some time back I did exactly what the original AC mentioned. With a program that needed some tweaking to get it to work, and an out-of-existance original provider, I altered the code to make the program do what I want. I've actually done that several times.

It's a lot easier to do with the source code available than without the source, closed or open-source software (yes, I've handled lots of closed-source code in my time as well).