On: An unexpected benefit of open-sourcing our code

[scrrr]

How about software that could break into military, bank, etc. systems and manipulate them?

[Mahn → scrrr]

You could argue it's beneficial to open source and make it public since it would raise awareness and probably get the root problem fixed rather quickly, as opposed to keeping it to yourself.

[jonathanpoulter → Mahn]

That would probably be a longer term social benefit, increased safety. Probably a short term social catastrophe.

[aurelianito → jonathanpoulter]

Do you mean like metasploit ?http://www.metasploit.com

[higherpurpose → scrrr]

So you'd rather not know how that software works, while criminal organizations get to use it anyway?

[gonzo41 → higherpurpose]

Manage the risk. Lots of people knowing = many new threats. keep that stuff a secret or hard to access then only a certain class of threat will present itself. still not great but better.