Comment Is the source code of the client to be released? (Score 1) 172
I understand BOINC is open source, but the plugin or extension it is actually using for computation is closed source.
Also the previous clients had fully closed source.
I understand there is a confidentiality issue in opening the source while the very same client is still in "productive" use, but after the client has been obsoleted there is none anymore.
As the client consumes per person and especially globally lots of CPU time, releasing the source code after would build credibility to the future projects and also to the former project.
Nowadays we just have any project's authors word the CPU is used for that purpose it is claimed to be used.
Also the previous clients had fully closed source.
I understand there is a confidentiality issue in opening the source while the very same client is still in "productive" use, but after the client has been obsoleted there is none anymore.
As the client consumes per person and especially globally lots of CPU time, releasing the source code after would build credibility to the future projects and also to the former project.
Nowadays we just have any project's authors word the CPU is used for that purpose it is claimed to be used.
