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Re: [LUG] Free versus usurping [was: Another example of open vs closed source]

 

There is no need to assume inspectors of source code need be human. 

On the other hand if you've had one of those emails from David Wheeler you'll know 
it isn't quantity of inspectors that matter.

bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 21/04/13 14:42, Philip Hudson wrote:
>> the free program can be examined by n users, where n has no upper limit
>
>If we presume that every single human being currently alive is a
>programmer capable of examining source code, or even if we don't, I
>assure you that N certainly does have an upper limit, and it's
>approximately 7 billion.
>
>Regards
>
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