https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Bugs and Hotfixes News feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/12/upsides-downsides-open-source/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Bugs+and+Hotfixes-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2023/12/upsides-downsides-open-source/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1693999420908-1703403704397.jpg"/><p>Benefits of open source projects are supporting rapid innovation, the flexibility provided to customize and adapt tools, and transparency of the code which can enhance security efforts. The downsides are that security by obscurity doesn’t apply, open source is potentially prone to abuse, and when open source tools are not backed up by companies, it might result in a lower level of maintainability.</p> <i>By Ben Linders</i> Agile Conferences Innovation Maintenance Open Source Security Bugs and Hotfixes Artifacts & Tools DevOps Culture & Methods news Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:25:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/12/upsides-downsides-open-source/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Bugs+and+Hotfixes-news Ben Linders 2023-12-28T11:25:00Z /news/2023/12/upsides-downsides-open-source/en