Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be sure that the source code I see is the source code I get?

[shiretoko]

This is still my opinion, but after thinking about the whole discussion some  
of my attitudes have changed:
Whenever a producer of proprietary software implements malicious features  
without anyone knowing it, that's just normal life! Most of them do.
But when a distro maker takes a free program and adds malicious code  
silently, that's almost a crime, it's really bad.
Free software will never be able to prevent us from all forms of criminal  
energy.
Does your notebook store implement a small gps transimitter? Very unlikely,  
but no free software can avoid this.
Free software can contain security lacks, too. In theory, it's possible to  
become a victim of malware...

So, yes, it's necessary to trust someone, whether you use free software or  
not. And I think it's important to minimize this amount of trust, but it's  
not the huge problem I thought at first.