Thursday, April 19, 2007
Open Source, Transparency and Electronic Voting
Open Source, Transparency and Electronic Voting
By John P. Mello Jr., Linux Insider
18 Apr 2007
Using open source software for voting can add credibility to the electronic process, according to Joseph Kiniry, a computer science lecturer with University College Dublin in Ireland and a researcher in open source software for voting.
With open source software, he told LinuxInsider, "not only can experts evaluate the software and make sure it does what it says it does, but it also increases the level of trust that normal, non-expert users can have in that software system."
Read the full article from here @ Tech News World
By John P. Mello Jr., Linux Insider
18 Apr 2007
Using open source software for voting can add credibility to the electronic process, according to Joseph Kiniry, a computer science lecturer with University College Dublin in Ireland and a researcher in open source software for voting.
With open source software, he told LinuxInsider, "not only can experts evaluate the software and make sure it does what it says it does, but it also increases the level of trust that normal, non-expert users can have in that software system."
Read the full article from here @ Tech News World
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