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Welcome to episode eight …… of the Open Source Utopia Podcast.
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Warning! This episode is a thought experiment.
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What if the software launching and guiding …… nuclear missiles was open source?
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Sure, I wish they weren't around in the first place, but the scariest thing isn't that they're around.
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It's that someone might use them.
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Or …… that some software bug makes them …… go off by mistake.
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Because all software contains bugs.
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But open source software gives everyone …… the freedom to look at the code …… at the code and discover errors …… in logic or in security.
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Nuclear arms treaties between …… the USA and the Soviet Union …… gave each country ways to verify …… each other's compliance.
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For example by using spy sattelites.
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Not “Open Source”, but “Open Skies”.
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Why shouldn't we, the public, be given the same chance to ensure our safety?
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I expect we won't be allowed …… to make our own changes, but if we had access to review the code, I think it would build trust.
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Understanding that building trust is important …… doesn't take a rocket scientist.
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Or maybe seeing the code would …… would make us all lose trust?
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Well, anyway.
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There's another side to government code …… that shouldn't be controversial at all.
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Why is software produced with …… public tax money so often closed souce?
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Wouldn't we all win …… if local and national governments …… could share their peaceful software projects, instead of reinventing the wheel over and over?
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More about that in episode nine,“Public Code”.
00:00:00.467 --> 00:00:05.304
Welcome to episode eight …… of the Open Source Utopia Podcast.
00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:10.210
Warning! This episode is a thought experiment.
00:00:10.210 --> 00:00:16.716
What if the software launching and guiding …… nuclear missiles was open source?
00:00:16.716 --> 00:00:24.324
Sure, I wish they weren't around in the first place, but the scariest thing isn't that they're around.
00:00:24.324 --> 00:00:27.126
It's that someone might use them.
00:00:27.126 --> 00:00:33.365
Or …… that some software bug makes them …… go off by mistake.
00:00:33.966 --> 00:00:36.869
Because all software contains bugs.
00:00:37.603 --> 00:00:48.180
But open source software gives everyone …… the freedom to look at the code …… at the code and discover errors …… in logic or in security.
00:00:48.648 --> 00:00:59.392
Nuclear arms treaties between …… the USA and the Soviet Union …… gave each country ways to verify …… each other's compliance.
00:00:59.491 --> 00:01:02.494
For example by using spy sattelites.
00:01:03.262 --> 00:01:06.331
Not “Open Source”, but “Open Skies”.
00:01:07.266 --> 00:01:13.739
Why shouldn't we, the public, be given the same chance to ensure our safety?
00:01:14.373 --> 00:01:23.783
I expect we won't be allowed …… to make our own changes, but if we had access to review the code, I think it would build trust.
00:01:24.950 --> 00:01:31.724
Understanding that building trust is important …… doesn't take a rocket scientist.
00:01:31.990 --> 00:01:37.563
Or maybe seeing the code would …… would make us all lose trust?
00:01:38.465 --> 00:01:40.332
Well, anyway.
00:01:40.332 --> 00:01:46.371
There's another side to government code …… that shouldn't be controversial at all.
00:01:47.307 --> 00:01:55.614
Why is software produced with …… public tax money so often closed souce?
00:01:56.081 --> 00:02:08.026
Wouldn't we all win …… if local and national governments …… could share their peaceful software projects, instead of reinventing the wheel over and over?
00:02:09.262 --> 00:02:14.600
More about that in episode nine,“Public Code”.
