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> At the root of Open Source is you, the user, have the right to the
source code.
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> In the early days, that's as far as it went but especially after the
> Morris Worm, security became very important, Open Source afforded
> users the ability to inspect the code for vulnerabilities in ways that
> you could not if all you had was the binaries.
But open source should have fixed versions, if possible.
Look at C compilers. I need a K&R C compiler for say 8088 build.
I might not want the latest C standard.
What version has the fewest bugs.