Re: [school-discuss] License for an open-source voting system?

["James P. Kinney III" <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought that was "My way, your way and the right way are mutually
exclusive".
Oh wait. That was in discussions with my teenager :-)
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:17 -0700, Bill Ries-Knight wrote:
> And I rest my arguments.  I am sure there is a THIRD view out there.
> I always say...
> 
> There are three ways to see an object/issue.  My way.  Your way.  The
> way it really is.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:06 PM, James P. Kinney III
> <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 06:47 -0700, Bill Ries-Knight wrote:
>         
>         >

>         > The concern is the possibility, with open source code, that
>         a pre zero
>         > day flaw is discovered and manipulated in some fashion.  I
>         do suggest
>         > that the more restrictive the views, the less likely the bad
>         hats of
>         > hacking will meet up with the bad hats of politics and run
>         some
>         > nefarious scheme.  You are right in that open source offers
>         > transparency, but it also opens up that other world.
>         >
>         
>         The existence of a (pre)zero-day exploit is not enhanced by
>         fully-auditable code. Bear in mind that the proposal is to use
>         a
>         touchscreen that produces _THE_ hardcopy ballot that is the
>         official
>         "ballot of record". The airgap between candidate choosing and
>         vote
>         counting ensure that any flaws are isolated and can be
>         manually
>         accounted for and solved.
> 
> 
> 
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> Bill Ries-Knight
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> 
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> Read The Mayors Blog at http://savestockton.org/blog/mayor
> Why you have the wrong view. http://savestockton.org/chicken.html
> 
> Respect the process, Vote.
> 
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