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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by raldi on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:37PM (#7342928)
It would only be a No-True-Scotsman argument if the original statement of Linus' Law were, "In an open-source project, all bugs are shallow" and someone were now trying to claim that GnuTLS wasn't open-sourcey enough.

In reality, the law is about code that has many eyeballs on it, and it's a fair argument to point out that evidence suggests GnuTLS didn't have that many eyeballs on it.

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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by tptacek on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:40PM (#7342942)
Can you present some of that evidence about the lack of eyeballs on GnuTLS? Because my point is that the right kind of eyeballs were not on GnuTLS; my point isn't compatible with this supposed "law".
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