i dont compile everything myself, but i sure as hell have gone through smart and simba's source countless times and compiled. used it as a learning tool. the argument for open source still stands though (imo). just because a person can be lazy, doesnt mean u can completely eliminate this argument. you are right, it only is valid if ppl actually look into it, but i personally believed that people did... i mean, why not!? dont ppl care about viruses :/
skipping the some of the rest, simply because i agree with u on most of it. no need to address it.
i still think it is :/ you can lead a camel to water, but if they are too stupid to open their eyes... in open source software, everything is there, right in front of you. all one has to do is not be lazy. in closed source software, you have to decompile it, which afaik, is technically illegal. the person whom i was responding to in my post above said there were higher chances of getting a virus here, than at epicbot. i was simply showing him in #1 how if you arent lazy, then there is no way to get a virus. open source will always be safer than a closed source program, because u can legally view all the files, and nothing is hidden. its your choice on whether u want to get infected or not with those files.So please stop arguing this b.s. open source stuff if you're not compiling it yourself. Stop hating on other bots as well. It doesn't make these forums any better. Someone asks for help setting up a bot from another site, just help them if you can. I've seen guys on powerbot saying email them and they'd help setup Simba for you. I've seen people bash RID guys here who are trying to learn scripting. This kinda stuff is non-sense.
That should clear up everything. Just remember.. pb was opensource at one time yet like 50k guys got hacked. Opensource isn't an argument guys.