[Kaperstone]

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Originally Posted by Slice Making the software open-source would help those with a malicious intent to find critical issues and wreak havoc. The changes I propose, however, would probably have the opposite effect! At the moment there are many open-source projects made by good-willed people, who could be used and turned around to do bad things. If Kalcor would disclosed information he deems safe, the good-willed plugin developers wouldn't need to do memory hacking in the first place, which would slow down the reverse-engineering of the SA-MP client/server.

On the other hand, you can see where you can improve and where you can make it more safe.

I, personally, don't see what's wrong with making SAMP open source.
Is he afraid other people will open more samp projects ?
MTA already is open source, people can copy their source and open their SAMP/MTA version.


Making it open source will give players of SAMP who have knowledge in memory hacking and C++ the option to constribute and improve samp, nevertheless, add an in-built anti-cheats, help remove the exploits and maybe even minimize the ping of the players. ( improving net management )


Can RakNet copyright be the issue why SAMP isn't open source ?