Quote Originally Posted by 'Evil Kerek',index.php?page=Thread&postID=82546#post8254 6
That's probably the main issue I have with open source - I code for a living and honestly I have no issue handing source code to anyone that asks for it - I firmly believe anything can be written by anybody - no one's code is that great - but there's no way I'm saying 'here, take it, recompile it and give it away'. The idea that other people are gonna sweep your code is pretty silly anyway. Anyone with the skill to actually to find bugs is most likely too busy with their own software project to just randomly scan your code for bugs - or look for security holes - I've never bought into that and find it amusing when people suggest that's going to happen. There are very few coders that WANT to walk someone elses code when they are being PAID for it, much less for free.
Looking at other people's code is basically what I do all day long. Both as a job, but also as an effort to support my linux distro.