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> This is potentially huge. Some government certifications require source code. Simply because not everyone has access to Microsoft source code, can you assume the UK government does not. The distinction here between free and non-free is quite subtle in terms of security checks, since the GPL doesn't require you make source code available to anyone, only those to whom you distribute binaries. Here the source code is available to buyers with influence rather than all buyers on request. On the other hand the Linux kernel is probably one of the best studied pieces of source code in history and it still throws out bugs new and old, at a fairly decent rate, despite exceptionally good levels of code quality. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq