ok, the longer version then

Posted Jun 2, 2006 20:32 UTC (Fri) by jabby (guest, #2648)
In reply to: ok, the longer version then by coriordan
Parent article: GNU grep's new features (Linux.com)

I agree. Access to source is a huge advantage. And keeping source code in a version control system goes a long way toward monitoring changes and preventing even the fully baked Ken Thompson exploit.

And your paragraph in the context of GCC is not incorrect. It's absolutely true that Free Software helps to prevent source-borne trojans. Only in the context of the whole ACM article does this argument fall short and, as you say, that was not your aim in your short "top 10" list.