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There are some issues we'd like to address:
- For security reasons we cannot afford using our machines for a
project where we are not able to verify the code. Since
SETI@home doesn't come in source code form we are unable to
verify that the code is doing what it should, i.e. searching for
extraterrestrial intelligences. Are you sure it doesn't decode
your ssh connection?
- Security through obscurity is not much security at all, and in
fact may encourage people to abuse it, just to prove that it is
possible.
- We cannot afford letting our expensive computing power be used
for a project we cannot guarantee that it doesn't cause damage or
produce problems otherwise.
- We cannot afford to let a project use our expensive computing
power at no charge for a non-free project.
- In our opinion it is general misuse if a project, paid by the
government and using resources at no charge does not even let
participants learn from the system.
- Infodrom Oldenburg provides several machines of various sizes and
architectures. Without source code to compile we cannot make use
of it.
- We want to support free software and software freedom. We don't
want to support proprietary software.
- We cannot support software we are unable to understand and fix
in case it is broken, especially when used in non-standard
environments.
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