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There's a key principle here - no application with such scope should be closed source.
It is in no-ones interest that it be closed source.
In fact the software becomes more secure when many eyes are on it.
And, once the government has it out there - with the blessing of people like you - then they will have no urgency to make it open source.
Now is exactly the right time to say "we'll use this BUT only if it's open source."
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There's a key principle here - no application with such scope should be closed source.
It is in no-ones interest that it be closed source.
In fact the software becomes more secure when many eyes are on it.
And, once the government has it out there - with the blessing of people like you - then they will have no urgency to make it open source.
Now is exactly the right time to say "we'll use this BUT only if it's open source."