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2018-05-05 , 17:15
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Originally Posted by kinggo View Post
sorry, but how is that better for ~98% of the people who doesn't know anything about coding? I mean, I do know how to compile some basic stuff on linux, use AUR or svn or git...... But I still have to trust that source the same way I trust precompiled binary.
Exactly! Forget the 98℅, published sources hardly help even the expert programmers. Who on earth has the time or expertise to review 5 million lines of code?

Having said that, I agree with juiceme on one point. I don't really care about the application being provided in source or binary, but the API should definitely be open and public. Otherwise you never know what even the intention is, let alone the implementation.
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