[Python-Dev] FINAL PROPULSION OPEN SOURCE ENGINE VARIANT FORTHE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
Philip Jenvey
pjenvey at underboss.org
Sat Jun 13 03:15:09 CEST 2009
On Jun 12, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>
> [Matthew Wilkes]
>> Oh, I didn't mean they should use proprietary software, just that
>> in my experience the kind of people who are active in open source
>> are quite anti-war, green, etc. There are notable exceptions, but
>> I know people who worry that their work will have military
>> applications, and who turn down projects because of it.
>
> I question the whole notion of using open source in military weapons.
> It seems like a rather basic violation of operational security.
> Perhaps
> your enemies will exploit your bugs instead of nicely reporting them
> and submitting patches on SourceForge ;-)
FYI Python (Jython) is already used in production of the F-35. There
was a talk @ PyCon '08 about it:
http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/schedule/event/27/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgE55z_RNgQ
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Philip Jenvey
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