Why Open Source Software Free Software (OSS FS,

About the Author
David A. Wheeler is an expert in computer security and has
a long history of working with large and high-risk software systems.
His books include
Software
Inspection: An Industry Best Practice (published by IEEE CS Press),
Ada 95: The Lovelace Tutorial (published by Springer-Verlag),Office Professional 2010 X86,
and the
Secure Programming
for Linux and Unix HOWTO (on how to create secure software).
Articles he’s written related to OSS/FS include
More than a Gigabuck:
Estimating GNU/Linux’s Size,Office Professional 2007 Key,
How to Evaluate Open Source
Software / Free Software (OSS/FS) Programs,lead accumulator, China lead accumulator manufacturers, Supp,Office 2010 Home And Student,
Comments on Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS) Software Configuration Management (SCM) systems,
Make Your Open Source Software GPL-Compatible. Or Else, and
OSS/FS References.
Other security-related articles he’s written include
Securing Microsoft Windows (for Home and Small Business Users),
Software Configuration Management (SCM) Security,
and
Countering Spam Using Email Passwords.
Other articles he’s written include
The Most Important Software Innovations,
Stop Spam,Microsoft Office 2010 Serial!,
and an article on
Fischer Random Chess (Chess960).
He has released software as well,Office Professional 2010 Key, including
flawfinder (a source code scanner for developing secure software by detecting vulnerabilities) and
SLOCCount (a program to measure source lines of code, aka SLOC).
Mr. Wheeler’s web site is at
You may contact him using the information at
but you may not send him spam (he reserves the right to charge fees
to those who send him spam).